SEARS, Justice.
Appellant Steven James Williams appeals from the trial court's ruling that because jeopardy did not attach to the State's first prosecution against him, which ended in a mistrial, the State is not barred from retrying him for murder. Having reviewed the record, we find no evidence that the declaration of a mistrial was either directly or indirectly intended by the State as a means of averting an acquittal or reversal, and therefore we affirm.
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