PER CURIAM.
The issue in this conspiracy to commit arson case is whether the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy bars the retrial of the defendant on the present indictment when a previous defective indictment alleging the same offense was dismissed on the defendant's motion after the jury was empaneled and sworn. We hold that it does not.
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