Court Opinion

ID: 9727222
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 13:26:43.636949+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:34.996762
License: Public Domain

Concurring Statement
DeBruler, J.
I concur fully with the majority holding that the evidence in this case is sufficient to support the conviction. However, I can concur only in the result of the remainder of the opinion in that I remain convinced that this Court, at present, has the lawful authority under Art. 1, § 16, in a proper case, to declare a trial court judgment unconstitutional, even though that judgment is within the penalty provisions of the statute defining the crime. Cox v. State (1932), 203 Ind. *264544, 177 N. E. 898; Adams v. State (1971), Ind., 271 N. E. 2d 425 (DeBruler, J., dissenting).
Note. — Reported in 274 N. E. 2d 227.