People v. Lo Cigno

The single issue argued on this appeal is whether the dismissal of an indictment, following defendant’s conviction and reversal of that conviction, barred his subsequent prosecution on a second indictment for the same offense.

In superior court ease number 222583 defendant was charged by indictment with the murder of Jack Whalen. After a trial by jury defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and the penalty was fixed at life imprisonment. Defendant appealed, and obtained a reversal of the judgment, both because of insufficiency of the evidence and because of errors of law…