Lockhart v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that a sentence which is contrary to or violative of the penalty mandated by statute is an illegal sentence
• holding that it is the general if not unanimous rule that a trial court has the power to vacate an illegal sentence and impose a proper one
• upholding Lockhart’s conviction for child molesting by fondling where he touched and rubbed child’s penis and had no non-incriminating explanations for the contact
• affirming child molesting conviction when the defendant touched the victim’s penis and rubbed it for approximately five minutes
• evidence sufficient to establish defendant’s intent to arouse or gratify his sexual desires when he rubbed victim’s penis for approximately five minutes
• “When the sentence imposed by the trial court is found to be improper, it is the general if not unanimous rule that the trial court has the power to vacate the illegal sentence and impose a proper one.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Weaver v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-03-29· cited 56×
• Harris v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-02-27· cited 48×
• Kirby v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-08-29· cited 37×
• Wilhelmus v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-03-23· cited 30×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-02-04· cited 24×
• Agilera v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-03-07· cited 19×
• Craun v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-02-06· cited 18×
• Ellis Thomas v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-09-06· cited 17×
• Armstrong v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-01-18· cited 17×
• Kirk v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-10-24· cited 16×
• Schumm v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-05-21· cited 14×
• Ben-Yisrayl v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-07-10· cited 11×
• Robinson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-02-28· cited 11×
• Harris v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-05-09· cited 11×
• Chism v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-05-10· cited 10×
• Lane v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-04-17· cited 9×
• Spann v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-06-28· cited 8×
• Johnston v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-12-09· cited 8×
• Wise v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-02-11· cited 8×
• Winters v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-04-27· cited 7×

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• McKaskle v. Wiggins
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,288×
• Loyd v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1980-01-11· cited 405×
• Lannan v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-10-16· cited 204×
• State v. Wise
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1994-08-15· cited 179×
• Averhart v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 97×
• Wiseheart v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-04-28· cited 86×
• Bradberry v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1977-07-21· cited 77×
• Tedlock v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1995-09-25· cited 70×
• Carter v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1987-08-25· cited 68×
• Stewart v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1988-12-16· cited 60×
• Wallace v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 52×
• Duvall v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-06-23· cited 52×
• Short v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-01-10· cited 51×
• State v. Thomlinson
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1960-01-09· cited 50×
• Washington v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1982-11-30· cited 42×
• Gray v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-28· cited 41×
• Niece v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-12-14· cited 40×
• Walton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-05-30· cited 38×
• Myers v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1987-08-03· cited 37×