Williams v. State

Marshall, Chief Justice.

This case comes to this Court as a direct appeal, see generally Patterson v. State, 248 Ga. 875 (287 SE2d 7) (1982), from the trial court’s denial of the appellant Williams’ plea in bar in which he contends that the state, by reason of operation of the Double Jeopardy Clause, is precluded from subjecting him to retrial on a charge of murder following occurrence of the following three events in this case: (1) reversal by this Court of the appellant’s initial conviction in his direct appeal thereof in Williams v. State, 250 Ga. 463 (298 SE2d 492) (1983) (Williams I); (2)…