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PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (WOODWARD)

No. H051311.

100 Cal.App.5th 679 (2024)

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; JOHN KEVIN WOODWARD, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

March 14, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey F. Rosen , District Attorney, Kaci R. Lopez , and David R. Boyd , Deputy District Attorneys, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Nolan Barton Olmos & Luciano, Daniel L. Barton , and Evan C. Greenberg , for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

In this petition for extraordinary writ relief, we consider whether constitutional prohibitions against double jeopardy bar the refiling of a murder charge after its dismissal by court order in 1996 following two mistrials.

In 1992, John Kevin Woodward was charged with the murder of Laurie Houts...

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