TATE, Justice.
The defendant Lawson was convicted of manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31, and sentenced to fourteen years at hard labor. The conviction resulted from a second trial, since an earlier trial had been ended by a court-declared mistrial.
The principal contention on the present appeal is that the present re-trial constituted double jeopardy in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights. He argues that therefore the present conviction must be reversed...
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