Bowman v. Commonwealth

*261Opinion

DUFF, J.

In this appeal we must determine whether a conviction for distribution of narcotics bars a subsequent prosecution of the same defendant for conspiracies to distribute narcotics on dates different from that of the distribution conviction. We hold that the distribution conviction is not a bar to the conspiracy convictions, as the conspiracy convictions did not involve the particular acts upon which the substantive conviction was based. However, as we find that there was one overall, ongoing conspiracy encompassing various transactions, the second conspiracy prosecution is barred…