Court Opinion

ID: 9704857
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 00:48:26.617371+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:05.979989
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KIRSCH, Judge,
concurring.
Stare decisis requires that we follow our Supreme Court’s decisions in Crawford v. State, 755 N.E.2d 565 (Ind.2001) and Ellis v. State, 736 N.E.2d 731 (Ind.2000).2 If attempted murder is not a crime of violence, notwithstanding the fact that a victim is shot in the throat (Crawford) or in the face or hand (Ellis), I suppose attempted rape is not a sex offense. Accordingly, I concur, albeit reluctantly.

. Following our Supreme Court’s decision in Ellis, the General Assembly amended Ind. Code § 35-50-1-2 to include attempted murder in the list of crimes of violence. Crawford, however, which relied on Ellis, was decided after the amending legislation.