ADKINS, Judge.
The question presented in this case is whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars the State from prosecuting a defendant for "depraved heart" murder after a prior conviction for assault with intent to disable and a prior acquittal of assault with intent to murder the same victim, arising from the same act. We hold that it does not.
On 3 September 1984 appellant, Jacqueline Camille Robinson, and her lover, Henry Garvey, were alone in Robinson...
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