Legal Opinion
State v. Connery
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided April 25, 1984No. 14280PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This is an appeal from an order dismissing an information charging respondent with robbery with the use of a deadly weapon. The lower court dismissed the information on the ground that since respondent’s previous trial ended in a mistrial, reprosecution of the respondent was barred by a former jeopardy. The state contends that manifest necessity warranted the declaration of the previous mistrial, and therefore, that the lower court erred in dismissing the information. We agree.
On February 2, 1982, a jury was empanelled to hear the charges against respondent. Once the jury was…
3Cases cited6 opinions
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