Legal Opinion

Brooks v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided October 24, 2008No. 45A03-0804-CR-164PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROWN, J.

Tyris A. Brooks appeals his conviction for dealing in a narcotic drug as a class B felony. 1 Brooks raises one issue, which we revise and restate as whether the trial court abused its discretion when it instructed the jury concerning accomplice liability. We affirm.

The relevant facts follow. On the morning of November 28, 2006, Hammond Police Department’s Special Deployment Division Detectives Chris Berdine, Robert Repay, Anthony Pinarski, and Sergeant John Adam were in an unmarked vehicle conducting surveillance of a house near the Illinois border when they observed William…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Benefiel v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Hampton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Hodge v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Small v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Chambers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  4. Brian Ellis v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2020
  5. Christopher Bell v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2016

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