State v. Grabowski

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of Boleslaw Grabowski (defendant) from the denial of his posttrial motion to dismiss the indictment and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. A jury found the defendant guilty of possession of a sawed-off shotgun and of alteration of the identification marks upon that gun, but acquitted him of first-degree murder and dead locked on the offenses of second-degree murder and manslaughter. The primary issue on appeal is whether the prohibition against double jeopardy prevents the defendant from being retried…