Medina v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that culpability required for child molesting conviction is knowingly or intentionally
• observing, with respect to class A felony child molesting, “[q]uite simply, it is impossible for one to accidentally commit the acts committed by Medina”
• finding harmless error in the trial court’s failure to give a mens rea instruction with regard to a class A felony child molesting charge
• “‘[r]eversal without any consideration of the effect of the error upon the verdict would send the case back for retrial retrial not focused at all on the issue of [the excluded element], but on contested issues on which the jury was properly instructed.’”
• some citations omitted and citing in part State v. Keihn, 542 N.E.2d 963, 967-968 (Ind. 1989) (where the legislature fails to specify a level of mental culpability with respect to an offense, a level of mental culpability of knowingly will be presumed to be required)
• some citations omitted and citing in part State v. Keihn, 542 N.E.2d 963, 967-968 (Ind. 1989) (where the legislature fails to specify a level of mental culpability with respect to an offense, a level of mental culpability of knowingly will be presumed to be required)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Roland O. Ward v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-03-11
• James Kaylor v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-12-12
• Medina v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-08-23

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Blakely v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 13,994×
• Neder v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-10· cited 5,157×
• Sullivan v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 3,512×
• Ludy v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2003-03-06· cited 128×
• Kien v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-01-28· cited 105×
• State v. Keihn
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-08-10· cited 59×
• Clark v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-05-18· cited 41×
• Allen v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-08-09· cited 32×
• Newton v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-11-29· cited 27×
• Snider v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-10-10· cited 24×
• Louallen v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-11-12· cited 21×
• Cardwell v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1987-12-21· cited 20×
• Mullins v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1985-12-19· cited 17×
• Asher v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-06-25· cited 17×
• Kelly v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-08-09· cited 14×
• CLY v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-10-27· cited 1×