Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McCane
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 4, 1988No. 62 E.D. Appeal Docket 1987PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*492OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
The issue involved in this appeal is whether the Commonwealth may reprosecute the appellee, Alvie Donald McCane, for homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence following a mistrial on that charge, after a jury found appellee guilty of the offense of driving under the influence but was unable to reach a verdict on the charge of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence. The trial court held that a retrial of appellee is barred by Pa.R. Crim.P. 1120(d). The Superior Court, in a memorandum decision by a panel (Beck, Popovich and Hoffman,…
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