Commonwealth v. Matchett

Fabricant, Judith, J.

INTRODUCTION

This matter is before the Court for proceedings on a probation surrender. The defendantnowcontends, some three years after he pled guilty to four indictments, that his conviction of the offense for which he was placed on probation must be vacated, and the indictment dismissed, because that conviction violated the prohibition against double jeopardy. For the reasons that will be explained, his motion to dismiss will be denied.1

BACKGROUND

The criminal proceedings against the defendant, Paul Matchett, arise from an incident on May 11, 2003, when he was operating a…