In re Brosseau

BRODERICK, j.

The petitioner, Gerald Brosseau, seeks a writ of certiorari from orders of the Superior Court (Fitzgerald, J.) denying his motion to dismiss and his interlocutory appeal filed after his trial ended in a mistrial. The petitioner contends that the mistrial was granted in the absence of “manifest necessity” and that a retrial would violate the double jeopardy provisions of the New Hampshire and United States Constitutions. See N.H. CONST. pt. I, art. 16; U.S. CONST. amend. V. We granted a stay of the retrial pending our decision on the petition. We deny the petition, vacate the stay…