Legal Opinion
Ringham v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 29, 2002No. 49S02-0112-CR-642PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
Brian Ringham was convieted of rape as a Class A felony. The Court of Appeals reversed his conviction and remanded the cause for a new trial because (1) the Master. Commissioner improperly presided over Ringham's trial, and (2) the trial court committed fundamental error when it failed to instruct the jury that the State had the burden of disproving Ringham's mistake of fact defense. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Factual and Procedural Background
Ringham was introduced to the victim, C.C., at a private party at a nightclub in downtown…
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