PETRICH, C.J.
We accepted discretionary review of the trial court's order directing the retrial of a charge of first degree statutory rape against William Kirk. He contends that the double jeopardy clauses of the state and federal constitutions bar a retrial.
The issue presented is whether the trial court's act of discharging the jury without Kirk's consent, after the jury had entered a guilty verdict on a lesser included offense, prosecution of which was...
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