JENKINS v. STATE

No. 97-CT-01117-SCT.

759 So.2d 1229 (2000)

Hanson JENKINS, Jr., a/k/a "Bob" v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Rehfeldt, Jackson, A. Randall Harris, Ridgeland, Attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

BANKS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. We grant certiorari in this case to consider the interpretation of the manifest necessity requirement attentive to claims founded upon double jeopardy and arising out of the grant of a mistrial. We conclude that the Court of Appeals erred in its application of the principle. Nevertheless, because we find that the Court of Appeals also misinterpreted the record in concluding that...

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