Legal Opinion

Stafford v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 22, 2008No. 81A04-0802-CR-58PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

James Stafford appeals his convictions for burglary as a class B felony 1 and theft as a class D felony. 2 Stafford raises two issues, which we revise and restate as:

I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by admitting evidence where a delay of six days occurred between Stafford’s arrest and a probable cause hearing;

II. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying Stafford’s motion for a continuance, which was filed due to late disclosures and the amendment of charging informa-tions.

We affirm.

The relevant facts follow. On the morning of September 1,…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. County of Riverside v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Richardson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Joyner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Fajardo v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Anthony Dorelle-Moore v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  2. Wenzel Williams v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. Boddie v. MoralesDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 2022
  4. Boddie v. MoralesDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 2021
  5. Brownlee v. South Bend Indiana City ofDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 2025

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