Legal Opinion

Paschall v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 15, 1972No. 272A108PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLybrook, J.

Appellant was charged by affidavit with the offense of First Degree Burglary, and was convicted by a jury of the offense of “Entering House to Commit a Felony.” He was sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for a term of one to ten years.

Defendant complains of three errors in the trial: (1) admission of fingerprint evidence in violation of Fifth Amendment rights, (2) admission of fingerprint evidence without proper showing of chain of custody, and (3) insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

The evidence most favorable to the state is that on May 17, 1971, Mrs. T. K. Schmitt…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Hobbs v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Guthrie v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Shuemak v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1970

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Kimmel v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Mediate v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Harrison v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1973
  4. Springer v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. Smith v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986

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