Legal Opinion

Townsend v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1994No. 05S02-9404-CR-358Published

1Opinion of the Court

632 N.E.2d 727 (1994)

Scott D. TOWNSEND, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 05S02-9404-CR-358.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

April 18, 1994.

David C. Ford, Hartford City, for appellant.

Pamela Carter, Atty. Gen., Cynthia L. Ploughe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

DeBRULER, Justice.

A jury returned a verdict finding appellant Scott Townsend guilty of battery, a class D felony, Ind. Code § 35-42-2-1(2)(B) (West supp. 1988).[1] The trial court meted out a sentence of eighteen months. On appeal, the Indiana Court of Appeals (Second District) affirmed the…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Dickson; Concurrence · Shepard; Dissent · Givan; Dissent · Sullivan.

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Harris v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Smith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Townsend v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Baird v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1992

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