Cornett v. State

436 N.E.2d 765 (1982)

Timothy Wayne CORNETT, Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

No. 580S150.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 3, 1982.

Lowell E. Enslen, William T. Enslen, Hammond, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Frank A. Baldwin, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of Rape, Ind. Code § 35-42-4-1 (Burns 1979), and sentenced to eleven (11) years imprisonment. We reverse.

After deliberations had commenced, the jury foreman, through the Bailiff, requested the trial court's Final…