Legal Opinion
State v. J.D.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 17, 1998No. 43A03-9712-JV-438PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRIEDLANDER, Judge.
In this interlocutory appeal, the State appeals the trial court’s order dismissing six of seven counts of Child Molesting1 contained in a delinquency petition filed on September 11, 1996 against J.D., born March 10, 1982.
The State presents the following restated issue on appeal:2
Did the trial court err in interpreting the child molestation statute to exempt perpetrators who are younger than fourteen years of age at the time they commit the molestation?
We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
On June 18, 1996, Kelly Burr of Child…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Straub v. B.M.T. Ex Rel. ToddIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
- City of Elkhart v. Agenda: Open Government, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1997
- Montgomery v. Supervised Administration of the Estate of MontgomeryIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997
- State v. HensleyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
- Peele v. GillespieIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Louallen v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
- Kibbey v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000
- W.C.B. v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2006
- C.D.H. v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
- Louallen v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
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