State v. Jackson

On Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 29A02-0610-CR-867.

DICKSON, Justice.

Investigating a vehicle stopped in the middle of an intersection, Carmel Police officer Matthew Molter asked the driver, defendant Karl Jackson, for his driver’s license and vehicle registration. The defendant responded that his license was suspended.1 Charged with Operating a Vehicle After Being Adjudged a Habitual Traffic Violator, a class D felony, the defendant was acquitted in a bench trial, the judge concluding (a) that to convict, the State must prove that the defendant operated a vehicle with…