Brown v. State

703 N.E.2d 1010 (1998)

Thomas BROWN, Appellant (Defendant Below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff Below).

No. 82S00-9609-CR-603.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 3, 1998.

Timothy R. Dodd, Evansville, for Appellant.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General, Suzann Weber Lupton, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee.

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…