Lewis v. State

SEITZ, Justice:

I. Introduction

In this appeal, we must determine whether the Grand Jury properly indicted the defendant for a crime under a criminal statute mistakenly repealed by the General Assembly. The appellant, Kahlil Lewis, argues that the Grand Jury improperly indicted him for an additional ■ crime as part of a renewed indictment incorporating earlier charges because the General Assembly repealed the statute covering the added crime before he was re-indicted. The General Assembly discovered the mistake but did not re-enact the repealed subsection until after the re-indictment.

We hold,…