Court Opinion

ID: 9533708
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:34:05.357425+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:08.355168
License: Public Domain

GARRARD, Judge,
concurring
I concur with the majority. I would, however, go one step further in the application of Indiana Code § 34-1-21-6. One of the axioms of appellate review is that if the trial court is correct for any reason it will be affirmed. Here the court asked the jury if they were in disagreement concerning the tape and received a noncommittal answer, probably because the jury over interpreted the intended meaning of disagreement. I wholly agree with the decision in Anglin v. State, 680 N.E.2d 883 (Ind.Ct.App.1997) and, accordingly, would simply hold that the request itself established “disagreement” within the meaning of the statute.