Jeffery Sloan v. State of Indiana
Annotate this CaseIn district court, appellant was convicted of one count of Class A felony child molestation based on penetration and one count of Class C felony child molestation based on fondling. The Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s Class C felony conviction because the charge was filed well after the applicable five-year statute of limitations. At issue was whether, under Ind. Code 35-41-4-2, the statute of limitations was tolled when appellant’s coercive authority over the victim ceased in 1991 or when the victim disclosed the abuse to the authorities in 2008. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that once concealment of evidence by the defendant has been established, statutes of limitations for criminal offenses are tolled under the statute until a prosecuting authority becomes aware or should have become aware of sufficient evidence to charge a defendant. The Court also held that there was no double jeopardy violation because each challenged offense was established by separate and distinct facts.
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.