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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Ind. Decisions - "Appeals court overturns 2007 rape conviction"
Last Friday's split Court of Appeals opinion in the case of Otho L. Lafayette v. State of Indiana (see ILB summary here, 2nd case) is the subject of a brief story today by Bill Dolan in the NWI Times. A quote:
The appeals court ruled 2-1 last week that 39-year-old Otho L. Lafayette was denied a fair trial when Criminal Court Judge Thomas P. Stefaniak Jr. permitted testimony that Lafayette was involved in prior sexual misconduct 10 years earlier.Diane Poulton, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, said Monday they will ask the Indiana attorney general's office to appeal the decision to the Indiana Supreme Court.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 27, 2009 08:04 AM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions