Ex Parte Tribble

We granted Roderick Tribble's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the aspect of the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming his conviction for leaving the scene of an accident. He did not seek certiorari review of the affirmance of his conviction for vehicular homicide, a charge tried jointly with the charge of leaving the scene. The issue before us is whether the trial judge erred in denying Tribble's motion to dismiss the leaving-the-scene charge on the ground of double jeopardy after the trial judge had previously declared a mistrial of both charges over the defendant's…