STAGGERS v. STATE

25359.

225 Ga. 581 (1969)

170 S.E.2d 430

STAGGERS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 29, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heyman & Sizemore, Benjamin H. Oehlert, III, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Carter Goode, Tony H. Hight, for appellee.


MOBLEY, Presiding Justice.

For decision is whether the appellant can be tried again for a crime of which he was convicted, which conviction was reversed by the Court of Appeals for insufficiency of evidence. The appellant contends that to try him again would violate the double jeopardy provisions of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution (Code § 1-805), and Art. I, Sec. I, Par. VIII (Code Ann...

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