Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided March 21, 1979No. 178S2PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, Justice.
The defendant, Daniel Joseph Smith, was convicted by a jury of kidnapping, Ind.Code § 35-1-55-1 (Burns 1975), and exercising unauthorized control over a vehicle, Ind. Code § 35-17-5-9 (Burns 1975). He is currently serving a life sentence on the first count and was assessed a minimum fine on the second count. His direct appeal raises several issues the first of which is the sufficiency of the evidence on all the elements necessary to sustain the conviction of kidnapping. Due to our disposition of the appeal on this issue we do not have to consider the other allegations of error.
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Baker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1956
- Gaddis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1969
- Davis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Pavey v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
- J.T. v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
- Cornell v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
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