Hughes v. State

In Hughes v. State, 74 Ark. App. 126, 46 S.W.3d 538 (2001), handed down on June 6, 2001, this court reversed the trial court’s grant of leave to the State to amend its information to include a charge of attempt to manufacture a controlled substance. This amendment was subsequent to the trial court’s grant of a directed verdict in favor of the defendant on the charge of manufacturing a controlled substance. We reversed on double-jeopardy grounds.

The court relied on Hanner v. State, 41 Ark. App. 8, 847 S.W.2d 43 (1993), and held the State to the burden of showing that the new charge would not…