Commonwealth v. McCord

POPOVICH, Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County which denied appellant’s motion to dismiss charges on double jeopardy grounds.1

Herein, appellant raises a question of first impression. He contends the prohibitions against double jeopardy set forth in the con*940stitutions of Pennsylvania and the United States bar his reprosecution where, in his first trial, the jury was deadlocked on charges of recklessly endangering another person and endangering the welfare of a child but had reached a verdict on the charge of aggravated assault, even though the…