STATE v. LANE

No. A95A0408.

460 S.E.2d 550 (1995)

218 Ga. App. 126

The STATE v. LANE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dupont K. Cheney, Dist. Atty., J. Thomas Durden, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Hinesville, for appellant.

Donald O. Nelson, Townsend, for appellee.


BIRDSONG, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals the grant of William Lane's plea of former jeopardy to a charge of voluntary manslaughter.

In violation of Court of Appeals Rule 27(a)(1), the State provides no statement of facts. The State, in one paragraph, then argues and cites authority only for the rule that the trial court has broad discretion to declare a mistrial because of the jury's inability to reach a verdict.

The record shows appellant was...

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