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Ind. Code § 35-50-3-3 (2026)

Class B misdemeanor

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     Sec. 3. A person who commits a Class B misdemeanor shall be imprisoned for a fixed term of not more than one hundred eighty (180) days; in addition, he may be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.8. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.125.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 65 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: Stephenson v. State, 53 N.E.3d 557 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016).
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Stephenson v. State, 53 N.E.3d 557 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 35-50-3-3. Specifically, he asserts that-the trial court erred by failing to find that mitigating factors outweighed the aggravating factors.”
State v. Kokomo Tube Co., 426 N.E.2d 1338 (Ind. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 4× “Ind.Code § 35-50-3-3. The basic sanction of the Criminal Penalty Statute applies to violations of substantive provisions of IOSHA such as § 37.”
Fields v. State, 888 N.E.2d 304 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 35-50-3-3. 12 .Fields was convicted of operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction of operating while intoxicated as a Class D felony.”
Jennings v. State, 956 N.E.2d 203 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code § 35-50-3-3 (2004). But when a court suspends any portion of a misdemeanor sentence, “it may place the person on probation .”
Evaristo Martinez v. State of Indiana, 82 N.E.3d 261 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “See I.C. §§ 35-50-3-3, -4. The Indiana Constitution, however, guarantees the right to a jury trial "[i]n all criminal prosecutions[.”
Joey Jennings v. State of Indiana, 982 N.E.2d 1003 (Ind. 2013). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 35-50-3-3. The maximum penalty for a Class C misdemeanor is imprisonment for up to 60 days.”
Fall v. Indiana Univ. Bd. of Trs., 33 F. Supp. 2d 729 (N.D. Ind. 1998). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 35-50-3-3 (1994). Obviously, the punitive damages award of $400,000 on the Plaintiffs -state law claim is substantially greater than the maximum criminal fine that could have been imposed upon Cohen.”
Springer v. State, 952 N.E.2d 799 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code § 35-50-3-3. We observe that the trial court sentenced Springer at the sentencing hearing to six months under Count IV which the court characterized as "Criminal Mischief as a class B misdemeanor.”
Vickers v. State, 653 N.E.2d 110 (Ind. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “…§ 7.1-5-1-3. A person who commits a class B misdemeanor may be imprisoned for a fixed term not to exceed 180 days. I.C. § 35-50-3-3.”
Michael A. Johnston, Jr. v. State of Indiana, 126 N.E.3d 878 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Code § 35-50-3-2 provides that "[a] person who commits a Class A misdemeanor shall be imprisoned for a fixed term of not more than one (1) year," and Ind. Code § 35-50-3-3 provides that "[a] person who commits a Class B misdemeanor shall be imprisoned for a fixed term of not…”
Indiana Dep't of Corr. v. Bogus, 754 N.E.2d 27 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “3, as it was written at the time Bogus received his degrees, provided that: (a) In addition to any credit time a person earns under [Indiana Code section 35-50-3-3] and in addition to any reduction of sentence a person receives under [Indiana Code section] 35-38-1-23, a person…”
Cronk v. State, 443 N.E.2d 882 (Ind. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “West’s AIC § 35-50-3-3, penalty for class B misdemeanor.”
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