Gerald P. VanPatten v. State of Indiana

Decided May 2, 2013. Mark S. Massa wrote the opinion for the court.

986 N.E.2d 255 · Cited 58 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• McClain v. State · 675 N.E.2d 329
• Cooper v. State · 714 N.E.2d 689
• Carpenter v. State · 786 N.E.2d 696
• State v. Vaught · 268 Neb. 316
• State v. Sorenson · 421 N.W.2d 77
• Bunn v. State · 291 Ga. 183
• In Re Paternity of HRM · 864 N.E.2d 442
• Irons v. State · 397 N.E.2d 603
• People v. Cole · 24 A.D.3d 1021
• State v. Nelson · 953 P.2d 650
• State v. Munroe · 20 A.3d 871
• State v. Shepherd · 575 S.E.2d 776
• Holland v. State · 802 S.W.2d 696
• Harrison v. State · 644 N.E.2d 1243
• Glendening v. State · 536 So. 2d 212
• PALILONIS v. State · 970 N.E.2d 713
• People v. Moreno · 160 P.3d 242
• Mulry v. State · 399 N.E.2d 413
• Humbert v. Smith · 664 N.E.2d 356
• State v. James · 849 So. 2d 574
• Thomas v. State · 725 A.2d 424
• Styron v. State · 34 So. 3d 724
• VanPATTEN v. State · 962 N.E.2d 164

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• Wiley W. Walters, Jr. v. State of Indiana · 68 N.E.3d 1097
• Termination: TF v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 69 N.E.3d 932
• Richard Steele v. State of Indiana · 42 N.E.3d 138
• Derrick Weedman v. State of Indiana · 21 N.E.3d 873
• Jacob Herron v. State of Indiana · 10 N.E.3d 552
• In re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of S.K., E.K., and M.K. (Minor Children), and S.K., Sr. (Father) v. Indiana Department of Child Services · 124 N.E.3d 1225
• Audie Wilson v. State of Indiana · 4 N.E.3d 670
• Audie Wilson v. State of Indiana · 997 N.E.2d 38
• Keith Hoglund v. Ron Neal · 959 F.3d 819
• State v. Kevin Lynch · 156 A.3d 1012
• Alexander Holmes v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust · 94 N.E.3d 722
• Keith Hoglund v. Ron Neal

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