Commonwealth v. McGee

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

We allowed appeal to consider whether constitutional double jeopardy principles barred a prisoner’s criminal prosecution predicated upon misconduct for which he previously had been subjected to disciplinary confinement.

On September 25,1996, prison officials conducted an administrative search of the person of Appellant Ferman McGee (“McGee”), an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview, during which they discovered an eyeglass stem, the tip of which could be removed to reveal a sharp wire. Pursuant to prison regulations, corrections authorities initiated…