Legal Opinion

Douglas v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 17, 1982No. 681S168PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged in a three-count information with rape, child molesting and incest. A jury convicted him of rape and incest but found him not guilty of child molestation. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and two years for incest. The terms were ordered to be served concurrently.

Appellant claims the evidence is insufficient to support the convictions of rape and incest. He argues the record shows no testimony by the victim of penetration. Under our standard of review we will not weigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of witnesses.…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Patterson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Ortiz v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Grey v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Lindley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Harris v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Beattie v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Ortiz v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Brackens v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Straub v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Shaffer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1983

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