Nathan Brock v. State of Indiana

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• determining the trial judge did not abuse its discretion in granting a mistrial due to defense misconduct during closing argument although “another trial judge might have employed another method to reduce the effects of defense counsel’s comments”
• “A mistrial granted over the defendant’s objection and in the absence of manifest necessity acts as an acquittal and bars reprosecution for the same offense.”
• “[I]n some cases there is no opportunity to object and to prohibit a defendant from raising a double- jeopardy claim under such circumstances would be too harsh.”
• proof of knowledge is not necessary to establish culpability under I.C. 9-30-10-17

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).