DeSouza v. State

Adams, Judge.

Liston Ken DeSouza contends the trial court erred by conducting a retrial of his case while a denial of his earlier plea of double jeopardy was on appeal in this Court.

In November 2003, DeSouza was tried for trafficking cocaine and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, but the trial ended in a mistrial. Desouza v. State, 270 Ga. App. 849, 850 (608 SE2d 313) (2004). “De[S]ouza later filed a double jeopardy plea, arguing that he could not be retried because the court had placed undue pressure on the jury with its Allen charges and had improperly declared a mistrial.”…