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6 Indiana opinions name it 2 courts 1984–2023 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Indiana courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Mitchell Vanryn v. State of Indianagreen1 sentence2023See, e.g., Vanryn v. State, 155 N.E.3d 1254 , 1267 (Ind. Ct. App. 2020) (holding that the duration, brutality, and relative strengths of the defendant and victim are factors that can be considered by the jury as indications of the defendant’s intent). [19] For all these reasons, we conclude that the State presented sufficient evidence to support Myers’s conviction. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Indiana. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Peters v. State
green
2 sentences1986Peters v. State (1984), Ind., 470 N.E.2d 708, 712 , reh. denied (1985). 1986Peters v. State (1984), Ind., 470 N.E.2d 708, 712 , reh. denied (1985). | 2 | 1986–1986 |
Donald J. Burns v. State of Indiana
green
1 sentence2020Id. [42] Here, our review of the evidence reveals that while Vanryn and M.G. were alone together in the home, twenty-seven-year-old Vanryn brutally inflicted such severe trauma on two-year-old M.G.’s abdomen that the toddler’s duodenum and pancreas were nearly torn in half, his mesentery was shredded, his liver was ripped in half, and his abdominal blood vessels were torn apart. | 1 | 2020–2020 |
Johansen v. State
green
2 sentences1987Johansen, 499 N.E.2d at 1182 . 1987Johansen, 499 N.E.2d at 1132 . | 1 | 1987–1987 |
Burkhalter v. State
green
2 sentences1984In Burkhalter v. State, (1979) 272 Ind. 282 , 397 N.E.2d 596 , we upheld a murder conviction where the adult appellant dunked and kicked a four-year-old boy and asked the boy rhetorical questions such as, "Hey Boy, are you trying to make me kill you?" Clearly, the duration, brutality and relative strengths of the defendant and victim are factors that can be considered by the jury as indications of defendant's intent to kill. 1984In Burkhalter v. State, (1979) 272 Ind. 282 , 397 N.E.2d 596 , we upheld a murder conviction where the adult appellant dunked and kicked a four-year-old boy and asked the boy rhetorical questions such as, "Hey Boy, are you trying to make me kill you?" Clearly, the duration, brutality and relative strengths of the defendant and victim are factors that can be considered by the jury as indications of defendant's intent to kill. | 1 | 1984–1984 |
Shackelford v. State
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2 sentences1984Id.; Shackelford v. State, (1976) 264 Ind. 698 , 349 N.E.2d 150 . 1984Id.; Shackelford v. State, (1976) 264 Ind. 698 , 349 N.E.2d 150 . | 1 | 1984–1984 |