Jackson v. State

Miller, Judge.

Thomas Gabriel Jackson was tried on charges of rape and child molestation. When the jury could not return a verdict, the trial judge granted Jackson’s motion for a mistrial. Jackson subsequently filed a plea in bar seeking to prevent his retrial, claiming that the wrongful conduct of the trial court had forced him to move for the mistrial. After the trial court denied the requested relief, Jackson filed this appeal. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Because the underlying facts are not in dispute, the question of whether Jackson is entitled to a plea in bar is one of law, which we…