JOHNSON v. U.S.

No. 92-CO-470.

619 A.2d 1183 (1993)

Antonio B. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Huber, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Steven J. Durham, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman and Randall D. Eliason, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

On the second day of jury deliberations in appellant's first trial on a ten-count indictment, the trial court declared a mistrial, over the defendant's objection, on grounds of "manifest necessity." Before us is an expedited interlocutory appeal from a trial court ruling, prior to commencement of a second trial, denying appellant's motion to dismiss the charges on double jeopardy grounds.1 We hold that

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