State of Tennessee v. Thomas Dee Huskey

Case Number
E1999-00524-CCA-R3-CD

The defendant, Thomas Dee Huskey, brings this interlocutory appeal, contending that the double jeopardy protections of the United States and Tennessee Constitutions bar a retrial following the jury's deadlock on four counts of first degree murder. He argues that the trial court failed to declare a mistrial and manifest necessity did not compel one, that prosecutorial misconduct and judicial overreaching precipitated the jury's inability to reach a verdict, and that the trial court erroneously failed to accept the jury's special verdicts. We conclude that double jeopardy does not bar a retrial.

Authoring Judge
Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge
Judge Richard R. Baumgartner
Case Name
State of Tennessee v. Thomas Dee Huskey
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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