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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court issues another opinion today
In Michael Green v. State of Indiana, a 3-page, 5-0 ruling, Chief Justice Shepard begins:
Trial courts sometimes receive a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt on multiple counts, one of which represents a lesser-included offense of some other count. Where the court merges the lesser-included offense without imposing judgment, there is no need to remand on appeal to “vacate.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 15, 2006 02:43 PM
Posted to Ind. Sup.Ct. Decisions