STATE v. GOODRICH

No. 20S03-8703-CR-300.

504 N.E.2d 1023 (1987)

STATE of Indiana, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. DeVon GOODRICH, Jr., Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Michael Gene Worden, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellant.

Sam Mirkin, South Bend, for appellee.


SHEPARD, Justice.

The State seeks the right to try appellee DeVon Goodrich a second time. The trial court granted Goodrich a judgment at the close of all the evidence, but the Court of Appeals determined by a majority vote that an erroneous standard was used in doing so. Nevertheless, a retrial would violate the double jeopardy provisions of the United States Constitution.

Goodrich was tried before a jury on charges...

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