Legal Opinion
Collins v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 27, 1995No. 02S05-9503-CR-397PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
This is one of multiple cases we decide today involving Indiana's Controlled Substance Excise Tax (CSET). This appeal presents a question not resolved in the other appeals: whether convictions for both dealing in drugs and failing to pay the CSET, imposed in the same proceeding, offend the Double Jeopardy Clause. We hold that they do indeed violate the Clause.
I. Statement of Facts
Appellant George Collins was arrested and charged with dealing cocaine, a class B felony, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-48-4-1 (West Supp. 1994), and failure to pay the CSET, a class D felony, Ind.Code…
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