Reeves v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““For one to be guilty of the charge here before us, we consider that more than mere presence of the Appellant is required. To satisfy the statutes, we suggest that the contribution must be of an inducive effect; that there must be knowledgeable effort of at least a passive nature which reasonably can be said to be an enticement to do torong, that is, do the thing prohibited.” (Emphasis supplied.) Gray v. State (1968), 249 Ind. 523, at 526 , 233 N.E.2d 468, at 469 . “[T]he ultimate fact of encouragement is not limited to the direct, positive acts of giving, inviting or urging, as contended. The phrase ‘to encourage’ involves the creation of the state of mind. It is true that this may be accomplished by the acts of giving, inviting or urging referred to by appellants. However, the effect is obviously not limited to such acts. Webster defines the word encourage as ‘To embolden, incite or induce, * * It therefore necessarily follows that any and all of the purposeful acts of the appellants which emboldened, incited or induced these minor girls to become delinquent by drinking intoxicating liquor as a beverage combined to constitute the criminal offense.” (Emphasis supplied in part.) Wedmore, et al. v. State of Indiana (1956), 235 Ind. 341, at 348-349 , 133 N.E.2d 842, at 846 . See also, Reeves v. State (1974), 161 Ind. App. 240 , 315 N.E.2d 397 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shorter v. State