CLIFFORD, Justice.
Harold Derby appeals his conviction of assault (Class D), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207 (1983), following his second jury trial in Superior Court (Piscataquis County, Beaulieu, J.). Because the record does not support a finding that the jury in Derby's first trial was genuinely deadlocked, there was no manifest necessity for the mistrial declared by the court. Derby lost his opportunity to obtain a favorable verdict from the first jury and his...
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