Robert Dowell v. State of Indiana

OPINION

MAY, Judge.

Robert Dowell appeals his conviction of Class A felony robbery resulting in serious bodily injury. 1 He argues the trial court erred when it gave the jury an additional instruction after deliberations began, but did not call the jury back into the courtroom or re-read the rest of the instructions. We reverse and remand.

FACTS 2 AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The State charged Dowell with robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Class A felony, after he, his girlfriend Mindy Boehme, and Dustin Rush beat and robbed Roman Nusbaum. The three saw Nusb-aum in a Logansport tavern.…