Legal Opinion

Oatts v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided January 20, 2009No. 49A02-0805-CR-447PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

Arthur Oatts appeals his conviction for child molesting as a class C felony. 1 Oatts raises two issues, which we revise and restate as:

I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by excluding evidence that the victim had previously viewed an allegedly pornographic video and had previously been molested; and

II. Whether the trial court erred by responding to jury questions during deliberations after the jury had indicated that it had arrived at a decision.

We affirm.

The relevant facts follow. In March 2007, A.S., who was born on February 28, 1999, went to visit her…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Delaware v. FenstererSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Cooper v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
  4. State v. PulizzanoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Lagenour v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Lee v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
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  3. Antonio L. Vaughn v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
  4. Koch v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011
  5. Jordan Pribie v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015

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