Pool v. Superior Court

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• holding that “jeopardy attaches under art. 2, § 10 of the Arizona Constitution when a mistrial is granted” and other specified conditions are met
• holding prosecutorial misconduct is not merely error, negligence, or mistake, but \intentional conduct which the prosecutor knows to be improper and prejudicial\ (emphasis added)
• holding Rule 611(a) “gives the court discretion to determine and control the method of interrogation”
• noting that repetition of questions to which objection has been sustained is misconduct
• emphasizing that “the indictment gave clear notice to the defendant that the crime alleged was a violation of either or both” subsections of a statute (emphasis added)
• recognizing the general rule but declining to rely on the federal interpretation in light of a mistrial caused by intentional prosecu-torial misconduct resulting in prejudice to the defendant

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