Commonwealth v. Labelle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT **
ROWLEY, Judge:
Does a driver’s guilty plea to summary offenses of driving a vehicle at an unsafe speed, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3361, and reckless driving, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3714, preclude the Commonwealth from maintaining a subsequent action, arising from the same incident, against the driver for driving while under the influence of alcohol, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731(a)? This is the principal issue presented in this appeal by the Commonwealth from the trial court’s order quashing, on double jeopardy grounds, an information charging appellee with *182driving under the…
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