Legal Opinion

Wiley W. Walters, Jr. v. State of Indiana

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided January 20, 2017No. Court of Appeals Case 35A02-1601-CR-168PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

May, Judge.

Wiley W. Walters, Jr. appeals his convictions for two counts of Level 1 felony child molest 1 and two counts Level 4 felony child molest. 2 Walters raises two issues, which we restate as:

1. Whether the court abused its discretion in allowing hearsay testimony pursuant to the exception for statements made for medical diagnosis or treatment, and

2. Whether his fifty-year sentence was inappropriate.

We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

On January 16, 2015, Walters picked up ten-year-old B.E., his relative, 3 from her home. B.E. and her siblings had stayed with Walters before but he…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Anglemyer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Anglemyer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Childress v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Rutherford v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  5. Kevin M. Clark v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2013

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Christine Marie Lindhorst v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2017
  2. Morgan K. Govan v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2019
  3. Amanda Schmidtz v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2019
  4. Donnell Howard, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2018
  5. Jaquisha Love v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2019

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