Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 12/29/1989

State v. Hartford

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132 N.H. 580
567 A.2d 577
1989 N.H. LEXIS 137

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holding that the trial court had before it evidence of genuine deadlock and “thus satisfied both the procedural and substantive predicates of a reasonable exercise of discretion to find manifest necessity to discharge”
applying the manifest necessity standard to the trial court’s determination of jury deadlock
mistrial based on manifest necessity does not bar retrial on that charge, and jury deadlock is classic example of manifest necessity
trial court may determine jury is hopelessly deadlocked warranting a mistrial, even without first delivering jury deadlock charge
when trial court grants motion for mistrial, this court’s scrutiny of the decision varies according to the reasons given; where jury appeared deadlocked, trial court’s declaration of mistrial was readily affirmed

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