GRIFFIN v. STATE

S94A0593.

264 Ga. 232 (1994)

GRIFFIN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil L. Heimanson, for appellant.

Dupont K. Cheney, District Attorney, J. Stephen Archer, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.


HUNT, Chief Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether Griffin's previous trial, terminated by mistrial when the jury could not agree on a verdict, amounted to former jeopardy so as to bar a retrial. We disagree with Griffin's contention that it did and affirm the trial court's denial of his plea of former jeopardy.

Griffin was indicted for the murder of Jenny Rhames. The trial began on August 11, 1992, and the jury...

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