State v. Glasgow

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

Ervin L. Glasgow appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of the Class C felony of stealing. He claims that the conviction violated his right to be free from double jeopardy because the circuit court had ruled orally that he was guilty of the Class A misdemeanor of stealing. He asserts that the oral ruling constituted an acquittal of the Class C felony of stealing. We disagree and affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

The State charged Glasgow as a prior offender of robbery in the second degree. Glasgow waived his right to a jury trial. After a trial…