Commonwealth v. Rispo

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

At issue in this appeal is whether defendant has waived his duplicity-of-sentences claim. We hold that the claim has been waived.

The claim arises from defendant’s convictions, along with his codefendants, on three bills of indictment. Each bill charged defendant with blackmail and extortion, the only difference in the bills lying in the particular of the specified date. The evidence at trial showed that on each of the three dates specified in the bills the defendant committed acts of blackmail and extortion, all acts being directed at the same victim and all designed to…