Smith v. State ex rel. Hamm

We here review a decision by the District Court of Appeal, Second District, prohibiting further trial on a charge of murder by appellee on the theory of former jeopardy after a mistrial had been declared by the trial court. The factual background, circumstances and ruling are reported in the decision of the District Court in State ex rel. Hamm v. Smith, etc., 209 So.2d 876, and it would be useless to repeat them here. In so holding, the District Court failed to follow the decision of this court in Adkins v. Smith, 205 So.2d 530, which is controlling in the case sub judice.

Accordingly, the…