# Schaaf v. State

> Indiana Court of Appeals · May 18, 2016 · 54 N.E.3d 1041

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7078122

## Case

- **Full name:** Joshua SCHAAF, Appellant-Defendant v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff
- **Court:** Indiana Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** May 18, 2016
- **Citations:** 54 N.E.3d 1041; 2016 Ind. App. LEXIS 157; 2016 WL 2899460
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Mathias
- **Judges:** Barnes, Mathias, Vaidik
- **Cited by:** 60 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding evidence was sufficient to support defendant’s conviction of dealing as an accomplice where defendant was present at the scene of the crime, was a companion of the principal, failed to oppose the crime, suggested the place for the buy to occur, and allowed the buy to t…
- noting rule that a person can be charged as a principal and convicted as an accomplice even if he did not participate in each and every element of the crime

## Opinion text

MATHIAS, Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
[17] I agree that Schaafs convictions are supported by sufficient evidence. However, with all due and great respect for my colleagues, I respectfully dissent with regard to the majority’s decision to revise Schaafs sentence. The forty-year sentence imposed was less than the maximum, and giving due deference-to the trial court, I believe the sentence was not inappropriate in light of the offender’s character. Ind. App. R. 7(B); Anglemyer v. State, 868 N.E.2d 482 (Ind.2007).

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