Laguerre v. State

HINES, Chief Justice.

Verlaine Laguerre appeals the denial of his plea of former jeopardy on the ground that his retrial for murder and related crimes would violate the federal and state constitutional prohibitions against double jeopardy. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

OnMarch20,2012, aFulton County grandjury in dieted Laguerre and his co-defendant Prentice Baker, and the case proceeded to a joint trial. Although voir dire was not transcribed, the trial court has stated in its order denying Laguerre’s plea of former jeopardy that it informed the jury panel of the attorneys’ estimate…