Parojinog v. State

The issue in this criminal case is whether the State’s prosecution of the defendant for arson and conspiracy to commit arson, following a juvenile proceeding based upon the same offenses, which juvenile proceeding resulted in an order for the defendant to pay restitution and to undergo therapy full-time for six months at a hospital, violates the prohibition against double jeopardy.

On May 23,1975, seven juvenile petitions were filed against the defendant in the District Court of Maryland, Sixth District (Montgomery County), Juvenile Division, requesting that the court assume jurisdiction over…