Commonwealth v. Santiago

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia denying appellant’s motion to quash indictments on double jeopardy grounds. 1

Appellant, Israel Santiago, was tried for the second time on charges of murder, rape, indecent assault and criminal conspiracy. 2 This trial ended when the court, over defense objection, declared a mistrial after approximately thirty hours of jury deliberation. Appellant argues that the Commonwealth should be barred from proceeding with a third trial because the declaration of a mistrial over appellant’s…