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Edwards v. State

Citations

  • 862 N.E.2d 1254
  • 2007 Ind. App. LEXIS 526
  • 2007 WL 824111

How courts have described this case

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

  • recipient of jail call consented to recording by accepting the call after hearing admonishment that call may be recorded or monitored
  • improper admission of evidence is harmless error if the conviction is supported by substantial independent evidence
  • “If the evidence is sufficient to sustain a conviction upon appeal, then a motion for a directed verdict is properly denied; thus, our standard of review is essentially the same as that upon a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.”
  • “If the evidence is sufficient to sustain a conviction upon appeal, then a motion for a directed verdict is properly denied; thus, our standard of review is essentially the same as that upon a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.”
  • “If the evidence is sufficient to sustain a conviction upon appeal, then a motion for a directed verdict is properly denied; thus, our standard of review is essentially the same as that upon a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.”
  • For a trial court to grant a motion for a directed verdict, “there must be a total lack of evidence regarding an essential element of the crime, or the evidence must be without conflict and susceptible only to an inference in favor of the innocence of the defendant.”

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Judges: Riley, Kirsch, Friedlander

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