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Indiana Court of Appeals· 12/12/2008

Rogers v. State

Citations

  • 897 N.E.2d 955
  • 2008 Ind. App. LEXIS 2562
  • 2008 WL 5207131

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  • holding that every indulgence is given to the possibility that a seeming lapse or error by defense counsel was in fact a tactical move, flawed only in hindsight when the only record that a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is based on is the trial record
  • noting that any error in the admission of evidence is to be disregarded as harmless if its probable impact on the jury, in light of all of the evidence in the case, is sufficiently minor so as not to affect the substantial rights of the parties
  • \[P]ost-conviction proceedings are usually the preferred forum for adjudicating claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.\
  • possession of knife did not constitute prior bad act under Rule 404(b) because mere possession of knife did not demonstrate criminal or wrongful behavior
  • any error in admission of evidence regarding defendant's prior possession of a knife was harmless in light of testimony of three eyewitnesses who saw defendant fatally stab victim
  • murder defendant was sentenced under an advisory sentence scheme, not a scheme in which there was a presumptive sentence, and, therefore, his sentence could not have violated the rule in Blakely

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Judges: Mathias, Baker, Brown

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