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Monday, July 21, 2008

Ind. Law - Grand jury returns indictment in Jeffersonville "road rage" case

The Jeffersonville News & Tribune has an early report that begins:

A Clark County Grand Jury this morning indicted Yalanda Parrish of Jeffersonville for her role in a road-rage shooting last month.

Parrish, 39, admitted to shooting Wesley Mosier Jr., 52, of Corydon at 10th Street and Allison Lane following a dispute.

She is charged with class B felony aggravated battery and class C felony criminal recklessness.

For the B felony, the six jurors decided Parrish “did knowingly or intentionally inflict upon Wesley L. Mosier injury that created a substantial risk of death and/or caused serious permanent disfigurement ... and did so by shooting Wesley Mosier in the chest area with a handgun.”

For background, start with this July 15th ILB entry referencing the 2006 law providing that "a person does not have a duty to first try to flee before using deadly force to defend against someone breaking into his home or car." See also this entry from August 7, 2006 and its two links to a Kentucky trial.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 21, 2008 12:40 PM
Posted to Indiana Law