Case Name: Henry Thomas Buchanan v. State of Indiana
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1976-06-01
Citations: 264 Ind. 547
Docket Number: No. 576S157
Parties: Henry Thomas Buchanan v. State of Indiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 264
Pages: 547–548

Head Matter:
Henry Thomas Buchanan v. State of Indiana.
[No. 576S157.
Filed June 1, 1976.]
Harriette Bailey Conn [Mrs.], Public Defender of Indiana, Etigene C. Hollander, Deputy Public Defender, for appellant.
Theodore L. Sendak, Attorney General, Wesley T. Wilson, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

Opinion:
Concurring Opinion
Hunter, J.
I am in agreement with the majority that the decision by the Court of Appeals be affirmed. However, in my opinion this Court should unequivocally disapprove of the use of the instruction:
"In consideration of the rights of the defendant, do not forget that by each acquittal of a criminal, the safeguards erected by society for its protection are weakened."
The Court of Appeals in the opinion by Judge Sullivan states in part:
"[W]e are unable to approve the particular instruction before us, in the light of the evidence in this case."
This language modifies the disapproval of this instruction. I believe this Court should expressly and completely reject the use of this instruction in any case by the trial courts of Indiana.
Note. — Reported at 348 N.E.2d 394.