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Robinson v. State

Citations

  • 682 N.E.2d 806
  • 1997 Ind. App. LEXIS 758
  • 1997 WL 335041

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  • holding that there was no error in allowing a police detective to testify regarding a witness’s identification of the 5 Indiana Evidence Rule 801(d)(1)(C
  • providing that when confronted by an issue for the first time, we may look to guidance from federal interpretations of similar questions
  • finding that evidence of the defendant’s gang membership was relevant to show why the witness recanted at trial
  • affirming admission of out-of-court statement of identification made two months and thirteen days after witness perceived event
  • affirming trial court’s decision to require defendant to show gang tattoo to jury because, while “evidence of gang membership may contain some inherent prejudice, prejudice alone is not sufficient to render [the] evidence inadmissible”
  • no error in allowing police detective to testify regarding witness’s identification of defendant where witness testified at trial and recanted his prior identification statement and claimed that his prior statement to police was a fabrication

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Judges: Garrard, Hoffman, Riley

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