Opinion ID: 2759151
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Second Indictments

Text: On October 23, 2006, the grand jury returned an indictment on two alternative charges of second degree murder. Id. One charge was identical to the reckless second degree murder charge on which the first jury had deadlocked. Id. The other alleged knowing second degree murder. Id. The defendant subsequently moved to dismiss both second degree murder charges on the ground that, for double jeopardy purposes, they were the same as the first degree murder charge of which he had been acquitted. Id. The defendant also filed a motion in limine to exclude evidence of robbery from his trial on the second degree murder charges. Id. The trial court denied both motions, and the defendant filed an interlocutory appeal. Id. We upheld the trial court’s decisions, holding that double jeopardy did not bar the defendant’s retrial on 3 the second degree murder charges and that collateral estoppel did not bar the robbery evidence. Id. at 486-89, 491-93.