Williams v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Presiding Judge.
Gregory McDonald Williams appeals the trial court’s order denying his plea in bar based upon double jeopardy grounds. He contends that a retrial was barred since the State goaded him into moving for a mistrial. Since the record evidence supports the trial court s decision, we affirm.
“The appellate standard of review of a grant or denial of a double jeopardy plea in bar is whether, after reviewing the trial court’s oral and written rulings as a whole, the trial court’s findings support its conclusion.” (Citations and punctuation omitted.) Allen v. State, 302 Ga. App.…
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