Leonard v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Charlie Leonard appeals from the denial of his motion to bar retrial on double jeopardy grounds, contending that the trial court, sua sponte, had in an earlier trial improperly declared a mistrial during jury deliberations. Finding no error, we affirm.

“The appellate standard of review of a grant or denial of a double jeopardy plea in bar is whether, after reviewing the trial court’s oral and written rulings as a whole, the trial court’s findings support its conclusion.” (Punctuation omitted.) Wilson v. State. 1

The record shows that Leonard was tried before a jury on…