Jackson v. State

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Defendant, Gary Dennis Jackson (Jackson), appeals his conviction for battery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Class C felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-2-1(a)(8).

We reverse.

ISSUES

Jackson raises four issues for our review, two of which we find dispositive and restate as: 1(1) Whether the trial court abused its discretion by granting the State a mistrial; and(2) Whether the trial court violated the prohibition against double jeopardy by submitting Jackson to a trial subsequent to the mistrial it granted the State.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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