CAVANAUGH, Judge:
Should all charges against appellant Jay C. Smith be dismissed and a retrial barred because of an alleged pattern of prosecutorial misconduct during trial and on appeal?
The history of the case, relevant to our present inquiry, may begin with the conviction of Smith by a jury of murder in the first degree for the killing of Susan Reinert and her two children Karen and Michael. At the penalty stage of the proceedings, the jury found two aggravating...
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