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599 N.E.2d 208

J.L. v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided September 2, 1992

Indiana Court of Appeals · decided 1992-09-02

Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently May 2004

10 state decisions

Relies on Lockhart v. Nelson · Williams v. State

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Decided 1992-09-02

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MILLER, Judge,

¶1concurring in part and dissenting in part.

¶2I agree with the majority that the trial court erred in the admission of the hearsay testimony. However, I believe this action should be reversed for a new trial since there was sufficient evidence-consisting of the inadmissible hearsay testimony plus the admissible evidence-to sustain the judgment of delinquency. Our supreme court has held that "where the appellate court reverses the conviction for 'trial error' and the evidence offered by the State and admitted by the trial court-whether erroneously or not-would have been sufficient to sustain a guilty verdict, no double jeopardy question is presented on retrial." Williams v. State (1989), Ind., 544 N.E.2d 161, 163, citing Lockhart v. Nelson (1988), 488 U.S. 33, 34-35, 109 S.Ct. 285, 287, 102 L.Ed.2d 265. Accordingly, this action should be remanded for a new trial.

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