Court Opinion

ID: 9714649
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:42:07.383309+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:27.412324
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SULLIVAN, Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I fully concur as to Part I which affirms the battery conviction arising out of the July 31, 1993 incident. I dissent, however, from Part II of the opinion which affirms both the battery and the sexual battery convictions for the August 4, 1998 occurrence.
The touching which constituted the battery under Count 4 was the same touching which constituted the sexual battery alleged in Count 3. Multiple convictions are not permitted under such cirenmstances. Stwalley v. State (1989) Ind., 534 N.E.2d 229, reh'g denied; Ellis v. State (1988) Ind., 528 N.E.2d 60; Acuna v. State (1991) Ind.App., 581 N.E.2d 961; Lane v. State (1989) Ind.App., 539 N.E.2d 488; Blanton v. State (1989) Ind.App., 533 N.E.2d 190. See also Starks v. State (1991) Ind.App., 565 N.E.2d 1142, trans. denied.
I would reverse as to the two convictions for the August 4, 1993 incident and would remand with instructions to vacate one of those convictions.