Legal Opinion
Ross v. Petro
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 25, 2008No. 05-4212, 05-4213PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcKEAGUE, J., joined by Rogers, J.,
GUY, J. (pp. 671-73), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
Following four weeks of trial on murder, kidnaping, rape and other charges, and during the second day of jury deliberations, the Ohio trial court declared a mistrial after receiving a note from the foreperson indicating the jury’s deliberations had been tainted by extraneous information. Prior to commencement of the second trial, however, the trial court, in the person of a replacement visiting judge, granted defendant Denny Ross’s motion to bar reprosecution on double jeopardy grounds, concluding…
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