SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
The question is whether granting a defendant judgment on the evidence after a jury has found him guilty precludes re-entry of a conviction after an appellate decision that the motion was wrongly granted. We conclude that doing so is prohibited by double jeopardy.
The State charged appellee Monticello Developers, Inc., with neglecting a dependent, as a class D felony, Ind. Code § 35-46-1-4 (Burns 1982 Supp.). A jury found Monticello...
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