Commonwealth v. Watts

RIBNER,J.,

—On February 1, 1980 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed defendant’s conviction on first degree murder and conspiracy charges and granted him a new trial: Com. v. Watts, 488 Pa. 214, 412 A. 2d 474 (1980). In its opinion in support of reversal, the Supreme Court held that defendant’s trial attorney was ineffective in not objecting to the prosecutor’s misconduct manifested in his closing jury argument. Following the remand to the court of common pleas, defendant filed the instant motion to dismiss based on his assertion that reprosecution would violate his right not to be placed…