Court Opinion

ID: 9739507
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:16:35.412132+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:10.028761
License: Public Domain

MILLER, Judge,
concurring in result.
I concur with the majority result, but I cannot understand why the majority, in footnote 2, is reluctant to categorically state the obvious, that is, that IND.CODE § 35-37-4-6 which allows video tapes of victims under ten (10) in certain criminal actions is not applicable in a delinquency proceeding. The statute applies to "criminal actions'"-it has long been held that delinquency proceedings are civil in nature, not criminal, IND.CODE § 831-6-8-5. Jordan v. State (1987), Ind., 512 N.E.2d 407.