Court Opinion

ID: 9739059
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:07:59.236708+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:09.752841
License: Public Domain

RATLIFE, Chief Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion solely because the appellants having proposed the charitable contribution alternative in their plea agreement cannot now claim error which they invited.
But for the invited error rule, I would not concur, because I see a great potential for mischief in permitting a criminal defendant in effect to buy his way out of trouble by making a charitable contribution. In that respect, I fully concur in Judge Sullivan's dissenting opinion in Campbell v. State (1990), Ind.App., 551 N.E.2d 1164, 1170-72. Therefore, I believe plea agreements proposing a charitable contribution in lieu of penalty should not be accepted.
For the reasons stated herein, but with serious misgivings, I concur.