Legal Opinion
Sinkfield v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 12, 1995No. A95A0995PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
Damon Bernard Sinkfield appeals the grant of a mistrial to the State in his trial for the murder of James Gregory Holiday and other offenses including carrying a weapon on school property; he appeals the denial of his plea of former jeopardy based on an erroneous grant of mistrial without “manifest necessity” under Haynes v. State, 245 Ga. 817, 819 (268 SE2d 325), citing United States v. Dinitz, 424 U. S. 600, 606-607 (II) (96 SC 1075, 47 LE2d 267); and see Foody v. State, 205 Ga. App. 666 (423 SE2d 423).
The trial court granted a mistrial to the State following…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Abdi v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Haynes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- State v. AbdiCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
- Dotson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. BattagliaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Varner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Bentley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
- Hudson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
- Johnny William Hudson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
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