The defendants challenge their convictions of murder in the first degree after two trials, the first of which resulted in a mistrial because the jury could not reach any verdicts. The defendants assert that the second trial should have been barred by double jeopardy principles. Alternatively, the defendants seek a third trial because of claimed errors in the second trial. We reject the defendants' double jeopardy...
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