SPEARMAN v. STATE

No. S04A0907.

602 S.E.2d 568 (2004)

278 Ga. 327

SPEARMAN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avis Karen Hornsby, Kenneth D. Kondritzer, Atlanta, for Appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., Dist. Atty., Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Jason Charles Fisher, Asst. Atty. Gen., Peggy Ann Katz, Asst. Dist. Atty., for Appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Michael Renard Spearman appeals from the trial court's denial of his plea of former jeopardy. Because in Spearman's first trial there existed a manifest necessity for the declaration of a mistrial and the trial court did not abuse its sound discretion in rejecting possible alternatives to mistrial, we affirm the determination that Spearman may be retried.

The record reflects that Sandra Highland, a key prosecution witness in the State's...

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