OPINION
FONES, Justice.
The trial judge, upon motion of defendants, dismissed the indictments for murder in the first degree, after three mistrials had been declared because of deadlocked juries. The issue is whether the trial judge had authority to dismiss this prosecution either in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion or upon the constitutional grounds of double jeopardy, cruel and unusual punishment or due process.
Defendants Witt and Folk...
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