Pierce v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing appellate review should focus on the “forest”—the aggregate sentence—rather than the “trees”—consecutive or concurrent, number of counts, or length of the sentence of any individual count
• finding that both enhanced and concurrent sentences were improper
• noting our “‘review should focus on the forest--the aggregate sentence--rather than the trees- -consecutive or concurrent, number of counts, or length of the sentence on any individual count’”
• revising one-hundred-thirty-four-year aggregate sentence to eighty-year aggregate sentence where defendant’s criminal history included only one prior class C felony molestation conviction that occurred eight years before instant offense
• revising one-hundred-thirty-four-year aggregate sentence to eighty-year aggregate sentence where defendant’s criminal history included only one prior class C felony molestation conviction that occurred eight years before instant offense
• revising 124 year sentence on four counts of child molestation to 80 years

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Martez Brown v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-06-02· cited 131×
• Jacob Fuller v.State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-06-02· cited 96×
• Joshua Gomillia v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-08-12· cited 66×
• Michael Miller v. Dushan Zatecky
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-04-26· cited 50×
• Jessie Grimes v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-09-05· cited 20×
• Donald Pierce v. Frank Vanihel
  Seventh Circuit· 2024-02-22· cited 13×
• Michael Damien Howell v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-03-13· cited 7×
• John Ludack v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-04-25
• Buck Gleason v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-03-29
• James Lee v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-02-10
• Jonte Twan Crawford v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-05-20
• Karl A. Wikstrom, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-08-31
• Melvin J. Knetter v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-12-22
• Birol Simsek v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-12-23
• Kyle Hutton v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-03-16
• Obed Bailey v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-04-28
• Willie P. Jackson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-05-09
• Percilla A. Aguilar v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-06-23
• Samuel R. White v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-02-22
• Garit Tuggle v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-03-17

Cites

9 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×
• Davidson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2010-05-25· cited 301×
• Harris v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-12-11· cited 73×
• Walker v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-05-15· cited 58×
• Monroe v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-05-23· cited 48×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-06-26· cited 41×
• Sanchez v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2010-12-22· cited 35×
• Pierce v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2010-10-28· cited 5×