State v. Cox

PATTERSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Roosevelt Cox was indicted for the felonious battery of James Arthur Crawford, Jr., a child under the age of thirteen years. A motion to quash the indictment was sustained on the grounds of former jeopardy and the State appeals.

Cox was indicted during the October 1974 term of the Circuit Court of Monroe County for manslaughter arising out of the death of James Arthur Crawford, Jr. He was tried at a subsequent term on the charge and obtained a directed verdict of acquittal at the conclusion of the state’s case. The trial court expressed its opinion…