Desmond Turner v. State of Indiana

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “[e]vidence of a defendant’s motive is always relevant in the proof of a crime”
• noting that firearm identification, like shoeprint identification, can “straddle[] the line” between evidence admissible under Evid. R. 701 and 702
• holding “a defendant may not argue one ground for objection at trial and then raise new grounds on appeal”
• stating that Indiana courts will not reverse a conviction based on a harmless error
• acknowledging the risk that a jury will attach greater weight to an expert witness due to the expert’s background and approach
• allowing application of the incredible dubiosity rule only when sole witness provides inherently improbable testimony and there is no other evidence to support the defendant’s conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).