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State v. Hancock

Citations

  • 65 N.E.3d 585
  • 2016 Ind. LEXIS 879
  • 2016 WL 7333569

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  • applying the categorical approach to Indiana's and Ohio's state statutes to determine whether a prior conviction in Ohio was substantially similar to the offense in Indiana
  • discussing whether a conviction from another jurisdiction was substantially similar to an Indiana qualifying offense
  • referring to Ohio judicial interpretation of that state’s burglary statute when determining whether Ohio’s second-degree burglary statute was substantially similar to Indiana’s Level 4 felony burglary statute
  • “[E]lements of two statutes are ‘substantially similar’ if they have common core characteristics that are largely, but not identically, alike in degree or extent.” Emphasis added.

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Judges: David, Massa, Rucker, Rush, Slaughter

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