Double jeopardy voids two cocaine convictions
- September 18, 2015
- Devon Sharpe
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(The Indiana Lawyer) – A trial court violated the prohibition against double jeopardy by convicting a man in a bench trial of three felony cocaine possession counts, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in tossing out two of the convictions.
Timmie Bradley remains convicted of the most serious count, a Class A felony, but the trial court must vacate two Class C convictions, Judge Cale Bradford wrote for the panel in (More…)
The case is: Timmie Bradley v. State of Indiana, 49A05-1404-CR-181