State v. Martin

Benham, Judge.

On September 16, 1982, appellees were tried by a jury and convicted of shoplifting and obstruction of an officer in Laurens County. This court reversed the shoplifting convictions since the accusations did not allege a crime, and reversed the obstruction convictions because of a juror’s false silence. Martin v. State, 168 Ga. App. 623 (309 SE2d 899) (1983). Appellant amended the shoplifting counts of the accusations in order to allege a crime and sought to retry appellees for shoplifting and obstruction of an officer. Appellees filed a plea of former jeopardy, which the trial…