Abuse of corpse
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Trowbridge v. State (1999)
Most recently applied in Terrence Wayne Roach v. State of Indiana (January 2019)
As added by P.L.249-1993, SEC.1
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Sec. 2. A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) mutilates a corpse;
(2) has sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5) with the corpse; or
(3) opens a casket with the intent to commit an act described in subdivision (1) or (2);
commits abuse of a corpse, a Level 6 felony.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.