Meeks v. State

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Today we are called upon ostensibly to‘ review the trial court's denial of a jury instruction regarding the jury's power of nullification. However, in arguing that the trial court should have given his tendered instruction, appellant-defendant William O. Meeks invites this court to overrule supreme court precedent on the issue of jury nullification, which he asserts is inconsistent with the language and intent of Article I, Section 19 of the Indiana Constitution. Thus, an essential aspect of this case is the role of the Court of Appeals as an intermediate appellate court…