Legal Opinion

Swanigan v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 27, 1999No. 82A01-9904-CR-133PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Chief Judge

Kenya Swanigan appeals her convictions for two counts of robbery, both class B felonies. 1 Swanigan raises one issue for our review, which we restate as whether the trial court erred in refusing to admit into evidence three letters under the statement against interest exception to the hearsay rule. We affirm.

The facts most favorable to the conviction follow. In the early morning hours of August 8, 1998, Tiffany Moorman and Toshieka Douglas, both of Owensboro, Kentucky, were on their way to the C.K. Newsome Center in Evansville, Indiana. Unsure of where they were,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Fleener v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Ford v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Jervis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Thomas v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Arndt v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Lampitok v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. Bryant v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. Griffin v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000
  4. Anthony Shockley v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
  5. Griffin v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000

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