McKnight v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant was charged with Murder and Assisting a Criminal. Ind.Code Ann. § 385-42-1-1 (West Supp.1992); Ind.Code Ann. § 35-44-3-2 (West 1986). A jury acquitted him of the murder charge, but found him guilty of Assisting a Criminal, a Class C felony, and sentenced him to seven years. Appellant then filed an appeal, claiming that because the principal in the alleged crime had already been acquitted in a separate trial, his conviction could not stand. In a memorandum decision, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed appellant's conviction on the Assisting…