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Jordan v. State

Citations

  • 656 N.E.2d 816
  • 1995 Ind. LEXIS 149
  • 1995 WL 608595

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  • holding that evidence that defendant was the first to display a weapon and that victim was shot in the back was sufficient to rebut self-defense claim
  • providing that inconsistencies in witness testimony go to the weight and credibility of the testimony, the resolution of which is within the province of the trier of fact.
  • “Inconsistencies go to the weight and credibility of the testimony, the resolution of which is within the province of the trier of fact.”
  • defendant did not have a valid assertion of self-defense when defendant was the first to display a weapon and shot the victim in the back

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Judges: Dickson, Shepard, Debruler, Sullivan, Selby

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