ENGLISH v. STATE

No. 2-1284A371.

481 N.E.2d 413 (1985)

Charles ENGLISH, Jr., Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Maynard, Anderson, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen. of Ind., Michael Gene Worden, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


YOUNG, Presiding Judge.

Charles English, Jr. appeals his conviction for robbery. We reverse.

The issue presented is whether the trial judge erred in failing to grant a mistrial after a state's witness made reference to a prior offense committed by English in violation of the court's order not to do so.

Before the state presented its case, the trial judge granted English's motion for an order in limine prohibiting the state's witnesses from commenting...

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