Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McMullen
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 17, 1998No. 226PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MeEWEN, President Judge:
This appeal has been taken from the order entered February 4, 1997, which denied the pre-trial motion to dismiss, on the ground of double jeopardy, filed by appellant, Kim Lee McMullen, after the record in this homicide case was remanded for a new trial pursuant to the order of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Commonwealth v. McMullen, 545 Pa. 361, 681 A.2d 717 (1996). The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of sentence and remanded for a new trial as a result of finding that the corpus delicti rule had been violated when the trial court permitted the introduction,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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