Commonwealth v. Balog

395 Pa. Superior Ct. 158 (1990)

576 A.2d 1092

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

James Edward BALOG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 21, 1990.

Filed June 19, 1990.

William E. Duffield, Uniontown, for appellant.

Before CAVANAUGH, DEL SOLE and HUDOCK, JJ.

DEL SOLE, Judge:

In this case we are asked to decide whether the trial court abused its discretion when it ordered a mistrial, over defense counsel's objections, as a result of Appellant/Defendant's statement that his co-conspirator had been found not guilty in an earlier trial. Because we find that there was no "manifest necessity"…