State v. Rodriguez

Summary

The court held that convictions on carbon-copy counts are permissible when the State presents discernible evidence corresponding to each count, even if the jury instructions and verdict forms do not themselves recite the factual basis for each count. The court concluded that the charging documents, bill of particulars, evidence, closing argument, and mixed verdict sufficiently enabled the jury to distinguish the counts, and that the trial court's responses to the jury's questions were legally sufficient. The court reversed the appellate judgment barring retrial and remanded for consideration of the ineffective-assistance assignment of error.