Commonwealth v. Bethel

Appellant, Robert Bethel, filed this interlocutory appeal contending that the lower court erred when it refused to dismiss the charges against him on double jeopardy grounds.1 We disagree and affirm the order of the lower court.

At 2:00 a. m. on May 6, 1980, Appellant and two other men entered the home of Sylvester Chester, brandishing a shotgun. They tied up Chester and the other residents of the house and robbed Chester. Appellant then asked Chester about a man named Wayne. Appellant struck Chester in the mouth with a gun and another man was somehow shot. At this point, the men asked for…