Legal Opinion
Avant v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 2002No. 49A02-0111-CR-783PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRIEDLANDER, Judge.
In this interlocutory appeal from the denial of his motion to dismiss, Mare Avant challenges the constitutionality of Ind.Code Ann. § 35-48-4-8.3 (West 1998). Avant presents the following consolidated, restated issue for review: Are the penalties disproportional for the offenses set out in LC. § 85-48-4-8.8(a) and (c), thereby rendering the statute unconstitutional?
We affirm.
The underlying facts in this cause are brief. At 7:45 p.m. on October 16, 2001, Officer Linda Dulaney was dispatched to the parking lot of a retail establishment in Indianapolis to investigate a…
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