172 Ind. App. 55 - Hampton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
3
states following
July 1988
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Wardius v. Oregon · Evans v. State · Stephens v. State · Wright v. State
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““The purpose of the alibi statute is twofold. Under our principles of general criminal law where time is not the essence of the offense, the state is not restricted to proving commission of the offense upon the date alleged in the indictment or information. Evans v. State (1946), 224 Ind. 428 , 68 N.E.2d 546 . In cases of mistaken identity the most convincing evidence the accused may be capable of offering to establish his innocence is to establish by reliable witnesses that he was elsewhere when the offense was committed. The first purpose of the statute is to protect his ability to do so by committing the state to a particular date and place it intends to prove as the date and place the offense was committed. On the other hand, the law recognizes that many justly accused of crime will contend they were elsewhere and produce evidence to that effect. The second purpose of the statute is to advise the state in advance of trial of the exact place the accused claims to have been when the offense was committed so that the state may investigate the alibi and either dismiss the charges before trial if it is discovered the wrong person is accused, or secure evidence to prove the alibi false, if such be the case. * * * Thus, the discovery provided by the statute is both reciprocal and meaningful. Compare: Wardius v. Oregon (1973), 412 U.S. 470 , 93 S.Ct. 2208 , 37 L.Ed.2d 82 , where a notice of alibi statute was struck down upon due process grounds because the state had no obligation”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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