Tripp v. State

OPINION

MATTINGLY, Judge

Steven D. Tripp brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss Count II of the State’s amended information and his motion for jury trial made after the information was amended to include the second count. He raises two issues for our review.

1) Did the trial court comply with the requirements of Ind.Code § 35-34-1-5 when it permitted the State to amend its information to add an additional count less than a month before trial; and

2) Did the trial court err by denying Tripp’s written demand for a jury trial first made at the initial…