State v. Moss-Dwyer

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The General Assembly has classified the crime of giving false information in an application for a handgun license as a class C felony. The Lake Superior Court held that this penalty was facially unconstitutional as a violation of the proportionality requirement of the Indiana Constitution, Article I, Section 16. 1

The trial court certified its order for interlocutory appeal, and we accepted jurisdiction to consider the constitutional issue presented. 2 Ind.App.Rule 4(A)(8). We reverse.

Facts

The facts relevant to this appeal are un-controverted. The State charged…