State v. Puckett

LOCKWOOD, Justice.

This is an appeal on behalf of the State-of Arizona by the County Attorney of Maricopa County from the order of the Superior-Court of Maricopa County quashing an information against Harmon S. Puckett, Jr., based on the ground that a subsequent trial! would violate Article 2, § 10 of the Arizona Constitution, A.R.S. by placing the defendant in double jeopardy.

The trial against Puckett was commenced! on October 24, 1961, before Superior Court Judge Gordon Farley, the jury having been; waived by the defendant. Witnesses were-sworn and testimony was taken during the-entire first…