STATE v. BLENDEN

Nos. 96-KA-01339-SCT, 97-KA-00073-SCT.

748 So.2d 77 (1999)

STATE of Mississippi, Harrison County District Attorney's Office and State of Mississippi Crime Laboratory v. Brandon C. BLENDEN. Brandon C. Blenden v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Attorney General by Lawrence Arthur Schemmel, Attorney for Appellants.

Roger Wayne Woodall, Karen J. Young, Joseph R. Meadows, Gulfport, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. We have for review the imposition of monetary sanctions against the State and a political subdivision for a discovery violation which necessitated a mistrial in a criminal case and is the occasion for the defendant's double jeopardy claim. We conclude that the record was sufficient to support the trial court's determination that the State committed discovery violations and that the trial court's imposition of sanctions did...

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