Cox v. State

JOHN B. ROBBINS, Judge.

| Appellant Bobby Harold Cox III appeals an October 24, 2011, order of the Lonoke County Circuit Court denying his motion to dismiss criminal charges. Mr. Cox argued in his motion to dismiss, and now argues on appeal, that the criminal action against him was barred by double jeopardy as a result of serious prosecutorial misconduct resulting in a mistrial in a previous jury trial held on June 22, 2011. Our supreme court has long recognized the right to an immediate interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss on double-jeopardy grounds. See Dilday v.…