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Friday, January 02, 2009

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 2 NFP)

For publication opinions today (1):

In Darcy Lafferty v. State of Indiana, an 8-page decision, Sr. Judge Garrard writes:

On appeal, [Lafferty] claims error in the court’s refusal to give her tendered final instruction defining “fugitive from justice.” She also claims the evidence fails to sustain the verdict. * * *

Accordingly, we conclude the court erred in failing to give the requested instruction. Moreover, there was a failure of proof because no evidence was presented that Murphy had been charged with an offense in another state and fled to Indiana. The judgment is reversed and the appellant is ordered discharged.

NFP civil opinions today (0):

NFP criminal opinions today (2):

Veltor L. Cotton, Jr. v. State of Indiana (NFP)

Aimee E. Gross v. State of Indiana (NFP)

Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 2, 2009 10:55 AM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions