OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
This case first came before us on oral argument in October 1987 pursuant to an appeal taken by the defendant from the denial of his motion to dismiss a murder indictment on the ground that a trial of the indictment would violate the prohibition against double jeopardy found in the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 7, of Rhode Island's Constitution.
The defendant's double-jeopardy claim...
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