Case Title: Kyle Bess v. State of Indiana

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State: indiana

Court: Indiana Supreme Court

Date: 2016-12-16T00:00:00Z

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APPELLANT PRO SE 
 
 
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE 
Kyle Bess 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gregory F. Zoeller 
New Castle, Indiana 
 
 
 
 
 
Attorney General of Indiana 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
Chandra K. Hein  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stephen R. Creason 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard C. Webster 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deputy Attorneys General 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
 
 
 
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In the 
Indiana Supreme Court  
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No. 09S02-1609-CR-484 
 
KYLE BESS,  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Appellant (Defendant below), 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    v. 
 
STATE OF INDIANA,    
 
 
 
 
 
Appellee (Plaintiff below).  
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Appeal from the Cass Superior Court, No. 09D02-1502-F5-14  
The Honorable Richard A. Maughmer, Judge 
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On Petition for Rehearing 
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December 16, 2016 
 
Per Curiam. 
 
Kyle Bess seeks rehearing from our opinion denying his request for sentencing relief under 
Indiana Appellate Rule 7(B).  See Bess v. State, 58 N.E.3d 174 (Ind. 2016).  Bess takes issue with 
our statement that in soliciting his 14-year-old niece, Bess “had her sit on his lap.”  Id.  Bess 
contends his niece did not, in fact, sit on his lap.  He states he asked her to do so, but she declined.  
Bess contends this inaccuracy originated in the State’s Appellee’s Brief and that this “false 
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statement impacted the decision made by the Indiana Supreme Court to affirm the trial court.”  Pet. 
for Reh’g at 11.   
 
Bess is correct that the record reflects he solicited his niece to sit on his lap and she 
declined, not that he “had her sit on his lap.”  See Tr. 48, 51.  This factual difference does not alter 
our original decision.  We grant rehearing to correct the facts as reflected herein.  In all other 
respects the original opinion is affirmed. 
 
All Justices concur.