Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 10/12/1998

State v. Green

Citations

995 S.W.2d 591
1998 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 1079
1998 WL 708915

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holding that the improper reassembly of a discharged jury to change a verdict from not guilty to guilty violated the defendant’s right to be free from double jeopardy
declining to consider presence of court officers with jurors after formal discharge as a basis for concluding that the jurors were not in fact discharged
convictions vacated; jury may not be reconvened if it has been discharged and “outside contacts may have occurred”
“The findings of fact of the trial court on issues concerning the making of a custodial statement are binding upon appellate review if there is any evidence in the record to support them.”
jury was discharged after rendering initial mistaken verdict because most, if not all, of jurors had left courtroom and exited into area that “was open to and occupied by members of general public, interested in and reacting to the outcome of the case”

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Judges: David H. Welles

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