Commonwealth v. Roefaro

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This case asks us to decide whether an evidentiary ruling, admitting evidence of prior stalking convictions to prove a later stalking charge, violates a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to be free from double jeopardy. It does not, and we will uphold the trial court because the introduction of the evidence was proper and the illogical extension of appellant’s argument makes a mockery of the great constitutional protection against double jeopardy envisioned by our forefathers.

During the spring of 1989, while working at a local mall, Barbara Blair made the acquaintance…