Legal Opinion

Mahone v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 15, 1981No. 3-781A183PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STATON, Judge.

A jury found Leon Mahone guilty of battery,1 a Class C felony. The trial court sentenced Mahone to five years' imprisonment. On appeal, Mahone raises the following issue for review:

Did the trial court err in refusing to give the lesser included offense instruction tendered by Mahone?

Affirmed.

On June 20, 1980, Mahone engaged in a game of pitching pennies with Joseph Mof-fett and Eugene Cooper in front of Ma-hone’s house. During the course of the game, a dispute arose over some money Mahone owed to Moffett. Mahone accused Moffett and Cooper of cheating. A heated argument ensued,…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hash v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Roddy v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. Humes v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Swafford v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Easley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Al-Saud v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Matheney v. AndersonDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1999
  3. Shoup v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Warren v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1993
  5. Reynolds v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991

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