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Indiana Court of Appeals· 1/6/2000

Impson v. State

Citations

  • 721 N.E.2d 1275
  • 2000 Ind. App. LEXIS 1
  • 2000 WL 5260

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that slapping glasses off the victim’s face was sufficient to support battery conviction
  • holding that affidavit describing incident of domestic battery could be read into evidence under Evidence Rule 803(5) where it was signed by the victim shortly after the incident and where the victim denied having any specific memory of the battery at trial
  • concluding \the affidavit's consistency with the statements made by [the declarant] to the investigating officers and to [a particular acquaintance] is indicative that it reflects [the declarant]'s knowledge accurately\
  • holding prosecutor’s request that the jury “do the right thing” was “an improper statement” insofar as it urged the jury to act for reasons other than the evidence
  • affirming defendant’s conviction of B misdemeanor battery; defendant committed the required touching by knocking victim’s glasses off of his face, even though he did not touch the victim’s body
  • affidavit admitted where signed shortly after attack, consistent with what affiant told another person, even though affiant denied any memory of the attack at trial

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Judges: Ratliff, Friedlander, Sullivan

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