Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 8, 2011No. A11A1446PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Roscoe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. State v. TraylorSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Mathis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  5. Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Jiffy Store, Inc. v. BishopCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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