JOHNSON, Judge:
We are asked to decide whether defense counsel's mere asking of a question to a Commonwealth witness at trial, without more, would support the trial court's finding of "manifest necessity" to declare a mistrial, where the issue is witness credibility and the witness has not responded to the question. We hold that manifest necessity did not exist to justify the trial court's declaration of a mistrial. Therefore, we reverse the trial court's denial of...
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