Brown v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

Thomas Brown appeals his conviction for murder contending that: (1) the trial court granted a mistrial under circumstances that rendered his second trial a violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution; (2) evidence of a prior conviction for “burglary” in Illinois did not constitute “burglary” in Indiana and so was erroneously admitted pursuant to Indiana Evidence Rule 609(a); and (3) the trial court erred in refusing his instructions on the lesser included offenses of voluntary manslaughter and reckless homicide, and the defense of voluntary…