What is Double Jeopardy?
What is Double Jeopardy? The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has recently decided the case of Commonwealth v. Perfetto, No. 7 EAP 2018. In the case, the court held that Subsection 11(1)(ii) of the double jeopardy statute bars multiple prosecutions for the same criminal act. This is particularly relevant in cases where defendants were issued traffic tickets with […]