Commonwealth v. Oliver

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

John T. Oliver and Ralph E. Unis, Jr. (Appellants) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court) vacating their summary convictions under the Solid Waste Management Act (Act) 1 and ordering Appellants held over for trial. In doing so, the trial court granted the Commonwealth’s petition for certiorari review of an adjudication by a district justice. 2 Appellants contend that the trial court’s action violated their constitutional right not to be placed in double jeopardy.

In 1998, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)…