Commonwealth v. Caufman

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant’s pretrial motion requesting that her case be dismissed on the grounds that the present prosecution violates the Double Jeopardy clause of the United States Constitution. The sole issue raised on review is whether appellant’s prosecution for homicide by vehicle is barred by double jeopardy due to her previous plea of guilty to a summary traffic citation.

The relevant facts in this controversy are succinctly stated by the trial court and are as follows:

On October 26, 1990, Mary Caufmann [sic] was operating a motor vehicle on…