Commonwealth v. Beckman

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

On July 6,1981 appellant, Robert E. Beckman, Jr., filed an omnibus pre-trial motion containing, inter alia, a motion to quash an information based on a claim that jeopardy had attached, which motion was denied.

Denial of a pretrial application seeking discharge on double jeopardy grounds is considered a “final order” and may thus be appealed before trial. Commonwealth v. Fields, 491 Pa. 609, 421 A.2d 1051 (1980).

On February 14, 1981 Robert Beckman, appellant herein, led police on a high speed chase through Upper Dublin and Abington Townships in Montgomery County,…