(DOWNLOAD) "Wendell E. Lewis v. State Indiana" by Court of Appeals of Indiana No. 2-373A74 # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Wendell E. Lewis v. State Indiana
- Author : Court of Appeals of Indiana No. 2-373A74
- Release Date : January 31, 1973
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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The Appellant was charged by way of affidavit with a violation of the Offenses Against Property Act, which charged that he knowingly, unlawfully and feloniously obtained and exerted unauthorized control over the property of Jay Murdock, to-wit: R.C.A. Stereo Record Player with speakers of a value of two hundred dollars ($200.00), intending to deprive Jay Murdock of the use and benefit of said property. . . . The Appellant entered a plea of not guilty and waived jury trial. The case was tried in a bench trial on October 17, 1972. The Appellant was found guilty and sentenced to a term of one to five years and fined $500.00. The Appellant was also given credit for 115 days confinement with recommendation that such be considered in assessing good time conduct. The key question for our determination is whether the trial court properly limited the scope of the prosecutor's cross-examination of the Appellant with the ruling of our Supreme Court in Ashton v. Anderson (1972), 258 Ind. 51, 279 N.E.2d 210, 216, where it held: