Christopher Cowans v. State of Indiana

BAKER, Judge.

[1] Christopher Cowans appeals his conviction for Level 6 Felony Resisting Law Enforcement. 1 He argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it refused his tendered instruction on mistake of fact. Finding that Cowans’s belief is better characterized as a mistake of law than of fact, we affirm.

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[2] On December 4, 2014, around 7:45 p.m., an Indianapolis police officer was patrolling near the intersection of Raymond and Meridian Streets, in uniform and in a marked police car, when he saw a black truck with a temporary tag. He typed the tag number into his computer,…