BLAKE v. STATE

S18A1162.

822 S.E.2d 207 (2018)

BLAKE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: December 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Bonner, Jr. , Michael Wayne Tarleton , GEORGIA PUBLIC DEFENDER COUNCIL, Suite 600, 104 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., Sherry Boston , District Attorney, Helen Virginia Peters Pott , DEKALB COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 556 North McDonough Street, Decatur, Georgia 30030, Anna Green Cross THE SUMMERVILLE FIRM, 1226 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, for Appellee.


Appellant R'Shon Chauncey Blake challenges the trial court's denial of his plea in bar, based on double jeopardy, after the court declared a mistrial — over Blake's objection — of his murder trial during jury deliberations. In its order denying Blake's plea in bar, the court determined that "jury-wide discussion of...

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