Commonwealth v. Singletary

¶ 1 The issue presented in this appeal is whether, in order to re-file charges against an individual after the charges have been dismissed at a preliminary hearing, the Commonwealth must produce new evidence that was not available at the time of the first preliminary hearing. Here, the Commonwealth re-filed previously dismissed charges after it realized that it had inadvertently neglected to present certain evidence that was in its possession at the time of the first preliminary hearing. We hold that so long as the Commonwealth refiles the charges in good faith and not to harass the…