Meadows v. State

303 Ga. 507

FINAL COPY S18A0314. MEADOWS v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Justice. Appellant Jedarrius Treonta Meadows challenges the trial court’s denial of his plea in bar based on double jeopardy after the court — sua sponte and over Appellant’s objection — declared a mistrial of his murder trial during jury deliberations. In its order denying the plea, the court said that the deliberations were contentious and that it declared the mistrial “in the interest of juror safety.” Having reviewed the record, we conclude that the trial court declared the mistrial without sufficient factual support and…