Cutting Edge Litigation on The Right Against Double Jeopardy

In State v. Ernest Solomon, 156 N.H. _, 943 A.2d 819 (2008), for the first time in any American court, the NH Supreme Court held that the accused’s right to be free of double jeopardy was violated when, in the middle of his trial, his trial judge departed for military duty overseas and another judge declared a mistrial with intention to begin the trial anew.