Ledford v. the State

Self, Judge.

Natasha Ledford appeals from the trial court’s order denying her plea in bar on double jeopardy grounds. In her sole enumeration of error, Ledford asserts that the trial court should have granted her plea in bar because the prosecutor’s intentional conduct goaded her into requesting a mistrial. For the reasons explained below, we disagree and affirm.

The general rule is that where a mistrial is granted at the behest of the defendant, a retrial is not barred by principles of double jeopardy unless the governmental conduct in question is intended to goad the defendant into moving for…