# Thompson v. State

> Indiana Supreme Court · December 26, 1996 · 674 N.E.2d 1307

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9724974

## Case

- **Full name:** Ronald THOMPSON, Appellant (Defendant Below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff Below)
- **Court:** Indiana Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 26, 1996
- **Citations:** 674 N.E.2d 1307; 1996 Ind. LEXIS 185; 1996 WL 734899
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Selby
- **Judges:** Sullivan, Shepard, Dickson, Boehm, Selby
- **Cited by:** 13 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9724974

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that victim’s identification of assailant is sufficient

## Opinion text

SELBY, Justice,
concurs in part and dissents in part.
I would affirm the trial court in all respects. There was sufficient evidence from which the jury could infer that the defendant, unsuccessful in his attempt to insert his penis completely, inserted his fingers into the victim’s vagina.

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