ELDRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
The issue in this criminal case is whether the State's prosecution of the defendant for arson and conspiracy to commit arson, following a juvenile proceeding based upon the same offenses, which juvenile proceeding resulted in an order for the defendant to pay restitution and to undergo therapy full-time for six months at a hospital, violates the prohibition against double jeopardy.
On May 23, 1975, seven juvenile...
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