Opinion

James v. State

643 N.E.2d 321
1994 Ind. LEXIS 165
1994 WL 664348

Court: Indiana Supreme Court
Filed: Nov 29, 1994
Status: Published
Author: Debrulersullivan
On the bench: Debruler, Dickson, Givan, Shepard, Sullivan
Cited by: 13 cases
Authority: More cited than 19.1%

providing that a trial court is not required to consider allegations of a defendant’s substance abuse as a mitigating circumstance

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providing that a trial court is not required to consider allegations of a defendant’s substance abuse as a mitigating circumstance

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The opinion

DeBRULER and SULLIVAN, JJ.,

dissent, would remand for a more specific and detailed sentencing order. Robey v. State (1990), Ind., 555 N.E.2d 145, 150 .

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