Commonwealth v. Hockenbury

ROWLEY, President Judge:

In this appeal the Commonwealth asks us to determine whether the trial court properly granted the motion of appellee Lisa Hockenbury to dismiss charges of receiving stolen property, filed against her in Lycoming County, on the grounds that she has already pled guilty to, and been sentenced for, receiving stolen property in Dauphin County. The trial court determined that the Lycoming prosecution was barred by the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, Article I, § 10 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, and 18 Pa.C.S. § 109. We reverse.

The facts disclosed by…