COWIN, J.
At a murder trial, the judge excused three deliberating jurors on the ground that they had not disclosed their criminal records in response to the juror questionnaire. As insufficient jurors then remained to continue deliberations, the judge determined that "manifest necessity" required her to declare a mistrial. To determine whether principles of double jeopardy now bar further prosecution of the defendant, we must decide whether the prosecutor was authorized...
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