Commonwealth v. Frisbie

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue presented by this case is whether a single unlawful act which affects multiple victims may support multiple sentences without violating the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. We hold that it may.

Appellee, Charles Frisbie, while fleeing from police officers in downtown Philadelphia, drove his car through a crowded intersection and seriously injured nine pedestrians. *464Appellee then drove on and was not apprehended until his vehicle overturned on a busy expressway. As a result of this incident, appellee…