Published January 13, 2015
The Indiana attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to decide whether a northeastern Indiana boy convicted as an adult at age 12 of killing his stepfather should receive a new trial.
The attorney general's office announced Thursday it was appealing an Indiana Court of Appeals ruling from December that said a county judge improperly decided a week after Paul Gingerich's arrest that he could be charged as an adult.
Gingerich is serving a 25-year sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in the killing of 49-year-old Phillip Danner in 2010.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller says he's concerned about the legal precedent of a plea agreement being overturned on appeal.
Gingerich's defense attorney wasn't immediately available for comment.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/attorney-general-asks-ind-high-court-to-review-ruling-overturning-boys-slaying-conviction