State v. Castrillo

OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

The defendant was tried to a jury on a charge of murder in the first degree. Lesser included offenses of second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter were also submitted for the jury’s consideration. At the conclusion of the trial and after deliberation by the jury, the foreman announced ■ that the jurors were deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict. The defendant was tried a second time and found guilty of murder in the second degree. He appealed from that judgment and the Court of Appeals reversed the conviction, holding that the defendant had twice been put in…