Tharpe v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an initial aggressor cannot claim self-defense unless he withdrew from the encounter and communicated his intent to do so to the other person
• recognizing that an initial aggressor or a mutual combatant must withdraw from the encounter and communicate the intent to do so “before he may claim self-defense”
• holding an appellant can argue fundamental error to overcome waiver of an issue
• “Any prejudice from the judge’s facial expressions was cured when the judge admonished the jury to disregard them.”
• “We presume juries follow the admonitions of the court and admonitions cure any prejudice resulting from an error.”
• Defendant cannot prevail on self-defense if he “provoke[d], instigate[d], or participate[d] willingly in the violence . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Matthew Bryant v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-03-15· cited 49×
• Donald Gregory Huls v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-08-06· cited 16×
• Jeffery W. Moore v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-04-06
• Jeffrey Billeaud, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-07-01
• E.C. Brown v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-08-07
• Joseph Hale v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-04-26
• Juwan Jones v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-05-24
• Marqwan D. Beserra v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-12-30
• Javonieo d. White v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-01-24
• Walik L. Whiteside v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-03-30
• Travis Wayne Vena v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-09-19
• Michael Renteria v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-10-06
• Shawn Durham v. Town of Galveston, Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-11-06
• Mark Carter v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-12-13
• Terry Baksh v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-06-11
• Teresa Ortiz v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-07-26
• Jazzmen Bails v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-12-12
• Vinson H. Tate v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-12-21
• Lakila Jackson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-12-21
• Onorio Caballero-Ramirez v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-03-12