Commonwealth v. Yerby
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
The issue presented in this appeal is whether Appellant’s conviction for terroristic threats 1 is barred by the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution because of Appellant’s previous conviction for indirect criminal contempt, which conviction resulted from the same incident that gave rise to the terroristic threats conviction. The Superior Court found that double jeopardy did not bar the conviction for terroristic threats. While we agree that double jeopardy does not here bar the prosecution for terroristic threats…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- People v. AllenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
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