Com. v. Landis, W., Jr.

OPINION BY FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.E.:

The Commonwealth appeals from the October 24, 2017 order denying its petition to reinstate Counts 2 through 4 (third-degree murder and aggravated assault) 1 of the underlying criminal information, on the basis it was barred on retrial by double jeopardy or laches. After careful review, we are constrained to affirm.

A prior panel of this court summarized the relevant facts of this case as follows:

On October 28, 2009, at approximately 9:20 p.m., Berks County Radio dispatched Spring Township Police officers to the residence of [William R. Landis, Jr. (hereinafter,…