Fentress v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding no abuse of discretion where trial court allowed the admission of autopsy photographs depicting the victim’s shattered skull with the hair and skin pulled back because the photos showed the force of the blow, which in turn, bore on the intent to kill
• autopsy photographs held admissible because pathologist testified that it was necessary to look under the skin to determine the extent of damage, which was probative of the defendant’s intent to kill

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Stephenson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-01-25· cited 148×
• Tyrice J. Halliburton v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2013-12-19· cited 133×
• Corbett v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-03-19· cited 108×
• Cutter v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-03-17· cited 85×
• Willey v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 85×
• Rogers v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-12-12· cited 56×
• Lee Travis Griffin v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2014-09-11· cited 39×
• Ward v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2009-04-07· cited 31×
• Swingley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-12-01· cited 26×
• Edward Lee Jackson v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-08-01· cited 22×
• Bradley v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-06-19· cited 12×
• Custis v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-08-26· cited 12×
• Ketcham v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-01-09· cited 10×
• Donald J. Burns v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-09-08· cited 5×
• Jackie Lynn Rolston v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-08-15· cited 1×
• David E. Corbett v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-03-19
• Christopher T. Tandy v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2025-12-22

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Allen v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-09-25· cited 97×
• Humphrey v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-05-29· cited 53×