RINTALA v. COMMONWEALTH

No. SJC-11886.

473 Mass. 1018 (2016)

CARA RINTALA, vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

January 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Hoose for the petitioner.

Steven E. Gagne , Assistant District Attorney ( Jennifer H. Suhl with him) for the Commonwealth.


Cara Rintala appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying her petition for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3. Rintala has been charged with murder in the first degree in the death of her wife. Two jury trials on this charge have taken place in the Superior Court, each ending in a mistrial after the jury were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. After the second trial, Rintala moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that retrial was barred by double...

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