LYDE v. STATE

33304.

241 Ga. 111 (1978)

243 S.E.2d 64

LYDE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 8, 1978.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglass & Young, Orion L. Douglass, Bennet, Gilbert, Gilbert, Whittle, Harrell & Gayner, John M. Gayner, for appellant.

Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, John P. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

Appellant is charged with murder, and his first trial ended in a mistrial on the motion of the state after jeopardy had attached. Prior to a second trial appellant filed a plea of former jeopardy, which was denied. This denial was certified for immediate review. The application to appeal was granted.

We need not reach appellant's claim that there was no manifest necessity for the declaration of a mistrial on the ground of testimony prejudicial...

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