Supreme Court: Be careful about reweighing evidence on appeal
Indiana’s top jurists today issued a cautionary note to the state’s Court of Appeals: that reweighing evidence in cases isn’t the norm for appellate courts and could mean reversal if that happens.That message came in the form of a unanimous seven-page opinion authored by Chief Justice Randall Shepard, involving the case Ronnie Drane v. State of Indiana, 45S04-0611-CR-477. The Indiana Court of Appeals reweighed evidence in a Lake County rape and murder bench trial and, as a result, the justices have…