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 that a trial court is under no obligation to accept a defendant’s alleged remorse as a mitigating circumstance
• stating that the defendant’s refusal to take advantage of rehabilitative efforts offered to him reflected poorly on his character
• stating that the defendant’s refusal to take advantage of rehabilitative efforts offered to him reflected poorly on his character
• stating that the defendant’s refusal to take advantage of rehabilitative efforts offered to him reflected poorly on his character
• “trial court under no obligation to accept a defendant’s alleged remorse as a mitigating circumstance
• Trial courts are uniquely situated to observe defendant and can best determine whether remorse is genuine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Randy L. Knapp v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-06-12· cited 270×
• Keyshawn D. Sanders v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-02-24· cited 122×
• Nathan K. Barker v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-09-17· cited 107×
• Larenz Jordan v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-07-16· cited 5×
• Mark Blacklidge v. Kent Blacklidge
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-03-13· cited 3×
• Keith v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-06-20· cited 3×
• Cody Silvers v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-04-08
• Kerry D. Ketchem v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-07-20
• Timothy L. Bye v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-12-17
• Robert C. Summers, III v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-02-16
• Justin C. Cherry v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-03-22
• Marco Lator Smith v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-09-09
• Kyle Willhite v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-10-21
• Matter of J.S., a Child Alleged to be Delinquent v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-02-16
• James Matthew Caudill v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-04-10
• Mark A. Williams v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-08-31
• Judd Michael Hopkins v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-12-20
• Michael L. Cope, II v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-12-27
• Cody Ryan Banks v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-07-03
• Maeson Lee Coffin v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-08-20