Dale M. Thomas v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)

How courts have described this case

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

• finding officer’s testimony, “‘He said at that time he wanted to invoke his right to remain silent’” constituted a direct comment
• “A direct comment occurs when a witness or state agent makes reference to the defendant’s invocation of his or her right to remain silent.”
• a defendant asserting self-defense is ordinarily required to admit he or she committed an assault
• “A defendant asserting self-defense is ordinarily required to admit an assault occurred.”
• \A defendant asserting self-defense is ordinarily required to admit an assault occurred.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).