Legal Opinion
Jourdan v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 9, 1975No. [No. 187, September Term, 1974.]PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEldridge, J.
Smith, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 512 infra.
In the course of petitioner’s trial on charges of storehouse breaking and forgery, the prosecuting attorney became ill and could not carry on. Shortly thereafter, another attorney in the State’s Attorney’s office appeared and requested a continuance or, if the defendant would consent, a mistrial. The trial judge, sua sponte, declared a mistrial. The question presented is whether, under all of the circumstances of the case, the later retrial of petitioner on the same charges violated the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth…
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