Benton v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that appellant failed to set forth state double jeopardy claim by merely referencing Article I, Section 14, without providing separate analysis of state double jeopardy claim or argument as to why it provided protection different from federal constitution
• noting when a defendant places his or her identity at issue, it is within the trial court’s discretion to admit Rule 404(b) evidence
• although bodily injury is an element of burglary, “the viciousness with which the injury was inflicted” could be considered as an aggravating circumstance to enhance the sentence
• although bodily injury is an element of burglary, “the viciousness with which the injury was inflicted” could be considered as an aggravating circumstance to enhance the sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jeremiah Edward Erickson v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-03-29· cited 11×
• McCann v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-04-12· cited 9×
• Asghar v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-09-03· cited 7×
• Spurlock v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-10-26· cited 6×
• Settles v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-07-17· cited 4×
• Bernie C. Harmon v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-10-20
• Brent Thomas Wills v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2025-10-10

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hardin v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-03-29· cited 133×
• Games v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-12-23· cited 117×
• Reaves v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-02-17· cited 116×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-12-30· cited 110×
• Isaacs v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-12-04· cited 85×
• Flowers v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-08-02· cited 71×
• Bevill v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-01-10· cited 67×
• Willoughby v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-03-26· cited 63×
• Duvall v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-06-23· cited 52×
• Elmore v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-11-28· cited 41×
• Campbell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-10-25· cited 41×
• Tompkins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-07-19· cited 32×
• Whitt v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-11-14· cited 19×
• McDonald v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-08-11· cited 13×
• Atkins v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1989-11-30· cited 12×