Phelps 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 trial court abused its discretion in failing to consider defendant‟s lack of criminal history as a mitigating circumstance
• reducing sentences for vicarious sexual gratification with minors based in part on fact that multiple acts occurred during one evening
• finding defendant waived his claim of error caused by the State’s cross-examination during allocution because he did not object at the sentencing hearing and made no claim of fundamental error
• “Remorse, or lack thereof, by a defendant is something better guarded by a trial judge who views and hears a defendant’s apology and demeanor firsthand and determines the defendant’s credibility.”
• “Remorse, or lack thereof, by a defendant is something better guarded by a trial judge who views and hears a defendant’s apology and demeanor first hand and determines the defendant’s credibility.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sharp v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-07-19· cited 7×
• Gabriel J. Sharkey v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-05-23
• Jesse Jesus Peneda, Sr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-06-10
• Antonio Scott v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-04-20
• Joseph Clingerman v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-02-15
• Judd Michael Hopkins v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-12-20
• Timmothy Flora v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-08-27
• Ashley N. Guffey v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-09-28
• Bruce A. Wilson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-07-11
• Justin D. Adney v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-07-12
• Joseph R. Kimerer, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-12-18
• Kristen Joy McGuinness v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2020-09-10
• JASON WALDEN v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2023-07-27

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cardwell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-11-12· cited 1,919×
• Anglemyer v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-06-26· cited 1,831×
• Anglemyer v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-10-30· cited 1,479×
• McElroy v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-05-02· cited 177×
• Gibson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-11-08· cited 155×
• Hape v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-03-31· cited 124×
• Roney v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-08-24· cited 103×
• Kimbrough v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-08-13· cited 90×
• Ross v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-12-31· cited 81×
• Biddinger v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-06-20· cited 77×
• People v. Wallace
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-06-07· cited 42×
• Johnson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-08-29· cited 33×
• Banks v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-02-06· cited 20×
• McClendon v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-08-10· cited 16×
• Williams v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-10-28· cited 14×
• Scott v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-10-28· cited 8×
• Hull v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-06-28· cited 1×