State v. Bryant

Alexander, J.*

The State of Washington appeals an order of the Thurston County Superior Court granting Danny A. Bryant’s motion to arrest judgment and for a new trial. The order followed Bryant’s conviction on a charge of making a building available for the manufacture of a controlled substance. In granting the motion, the trial court concluded that the double jeopardy provisions of the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution were violated by its admission of evidence that had been introduced at a prior trial, at which the jury had acquitted Bryant on a charge of manufacturing…