Sanders v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• employing statute specifically defining defenses to crime's required mens rea, rather than statute dealing with culpability in general terms
• “[S]tatutes relating to the same general subject matter are in pari materia and should be construed together so as to produce a harmonious statutory scheme.”
• statutes should be construed together so as to produce a harmonious statutory scheme; only if “the two statutes present an irreconcilable conflict” will the “more detailed statute … prevail over the less detailed”
• discussing statutory defenses including duress

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Freeman v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 65×
• State Ex Rel. Hatcher v. Lake Superior Court, Room Three
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-12-02· cited 61×
• Tin Thang v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-06-27· cited 55×
• Ross v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-05-25· cited 45×
• Whipple v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1988-06-08· cited 43×
• Klotz v. Hoyt
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2009-01-22· cited 40×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1987-12-16· cited 39×
• Polk v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-07-23· cited 30×
• Glover v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-01-09· cited 29×
• In Re Visitation of JPH
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-04-27· cited 29×
• State v. Downey
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-06-28· cited 28×
• Jones v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-04-15· cited 28×
• Campbell v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-06-30· cited 26×
• Jarrett v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-10-17· cited 26×
• O'CONNELL v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-06-05· cited 26×
• Wilburn v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1996-09-18· cited 23×
• State v. Greenwood
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-05-21· cited 23×
• Ohio Valley Plastics, Inc. v. National City Bank
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-11-24· cited 23×
• Town of Avon v. West Central Conservancy District
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2011-11-22· cited 22×
• Becker v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-12-28· cited 20×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Maldonado v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1976-10-20· cited 345×
• Richey v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-10-06· cited 75×
• Williams v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-10-07· cited 70×
• Battle v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-01-19· cited 54×
• Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission v. Osco Drug, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1982-02-18· cited 23×
• Vaughan v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-02-28· cited 17×