Laguerre v. State

301 Ga. 122

FINAL COPY S17A0646. LAGUERRE v. THE STATE. HINES, Chief Justice. Verlaine Laguerre appeals the denial of his plea of former jeopardy on the ground that his retrial for murder and related crimes would violate the federal and state constitutional prohibitions against double jeopardy. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. On March 20, 2012, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Laguerre and his co-defendant Prentice Baker, and the case proceeded to a joint trial. Although voir dire was not transcribed, the trial court has stated in its order denying Laguerre’s plea of former jeopardy…