State v. Rademacher

CARTER, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State in a criminal prosecution. The trial of defendant, Eric Rademacher, on a charge of lascivious acts with a child under Iowa Code section 709.8 (1985) was terminated when the district court granted defendant’s motion for mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct. Subsequently, the district court ordered that retrial of the defendant was barred on double jeopardy grounds. The State seeks a reversal of that order. On review of the record, we affirm the district court.

The trial information in the present case charging defendant with a violation of…