State v. Cotton

GLASSMAN, Justice.

Sherrie Cotton appeals from the judgments entered in the Superior Court (An-droscoggin County, Delahanty, C.J.) following a nonjury trial in which the court found her guilty of manslaughter, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A) (Supp.1995), and aggravated assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 208(1)(C) (1983). Cotton challenges (1) the trial court’s denial of her motion to dismiss the indictment prior to a retrial on the grounds that a retrial of the charges against her would place her in double jeopardy and that public statements by the State would prevent her from securing an impartial jury at…