Defendant’s Rights • Double Jeopardy • Lesser Included Offense • Hung Jury
Commonwealth v. Jones, PICS Case No. 17-1042 (Pa. Super. June 21, 2017) Dubow, J. (8 pages).
The trial court properly denied defendant’s motion for an order barring the commonwealth from seeking a retrial on charges of aggravated assault and attempted murder since defendant’s conviction for recklessly endangering another person did not operate as an acquittal to those greater offenses. The court affirmed a trial court order denying defendant’s motion to dismiss two remaining charges against him.
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