Taylorsville City v. Adkins

MEMORANDUM DECISION

1 1 Taylorsville City (Taylorsville) filed this petition for extraordinary relief challenging the district court's decision that Taylorsville could not retry David Michael Garn on the charge of riot after he had been acquitted of that charge in justice court. The district court concluded that even though Garn had appealed to the district court requesting a trial de novo concerning his conviction on another charge, Taylorsville was prohibited from retrying Garn on the riot charge.

12 The underlying case originated in the Taylorsville Municipal Justice Court,. Garn was charged…