Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 15, 2002No. 49S05-0108-CR-378PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

An undercover police officer bought drugs from Terrell Williams, then allowed him to depart and radioed nearby uniformed officers to arrest him. Williams fled into a nearby vacant apartment. The officers arrested him there; finding more drugs in his possession. The State charged Williams with breaking into the apartment and possessing cocaine there, and struck a plea agreement. It then filed charges against him in another courtroom for the undercover buy. We hold these second charges were barred.

Facts and Procedural History

On October 12, 1998, Indianapolis Police…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Seay v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Henderson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. State v. BurkeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. State v. WigginsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Deshazier v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. Richardson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. Haywood v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. Timothy L. Hahn v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2016
  5. State v. DixonIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010

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