Commonwealth v. Hunter

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal from the December 29, 1994 order dismissing criminal charges against appellee, Cynthia Hunter. Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, raises the following issue for our review:

WHETHER DOUBLE JEOPARDY BARS REPROSECUTION FOLLOWING A PRETRIAL DISMISSAL OF CHARGES BASED UPON THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE COMMONWEALTH’S EVIDENCE.

Appellant’s Brief at 3. For the following reasons, we reverse.

Appellee was charged with a variety of theft offenses in the Court of Common Pleas in Bradford County arising from the alleged theft of approximately twenty thousand ($20,000)…