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Cassidy v. State

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District
Feb 22, 1994
626 N.E.2d 500 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994)

Opinion

No. 49A05-9209-CR-306.

December 22, 1993. Transfer Denied February 22, 1994.

Appeal from the Marion Superior Court, Criminal Division, David E. Cook, J. pro tem.

S. Sargent Visher, Choate Visher Haith, Indianapolis, for appellant-defendant.

Pamela Carter, Atty. Gen., Suzann Weber Lupton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee-plaintiff.


Ronna Cassidy appeals her conviction of dealing in cocaine, a Class A felony. She raises two issues for our review, but we conclude that the appeal must be dismissed.

David Cook, a properly appointed judge pro tempore, presided over Cassidy's trial on December 30 and 31, 1991. Cook also sentenced Cassidy on January 24, 1992. However, on the day of sentencing, Cook had not been appointed judge pro tempore. Only a judge or magistrate may enter an appealable final judgment. Boushehry v. State (1993), 626 N.E.2d 497 (opinion on rehearing). A judge is either the duly elected or appointed judge of the court, or a duly appointed judge pro tempore or special judge. Id. Because Cook was not a properly appointed judge pro tempore on the day he sentenced Cassidy, we do not have a final appealable judgment to review.

For the reasons discussed at length in Boushehry, we dismiss this appeal. We stress that we are not holding that the conviction is invalid — Cook was properly appointed as judge pro tempore when he entered the conviction. We are merely holding that at this point the sentencing judgment is not a valid, final judgment.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

RUCKER and ROBERTSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Cassidy v. State

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District
Feb 22, 1994
626 N.E.2d 500 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994)
Case details for

Cassidy v. State

Case Details

Full title:RONNA CASSIDY, APPELLANT-DEFENDANT, v. STATE OF INDIANA, APPELLEE-PLAINTIFF

Court:Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District

Date published: Feb 22, 1994

Citations

626 N.E.2d 500 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994)

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