UNITED STATES EX REL. WEBB v. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

No. 74-1980.

516 F.2d 1034 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Keith WEBB, Appellant, v. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, the District Attorney of Philadelphia County.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1975.

As Amended June 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Natali, Jr., Camden, N. J., for appellant.

Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before ADAMS, ROSENN and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus presents the question whether the constitutional command against exposing one to double jeopardy precludes the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from again trying Keith Webb on the same charges emanating from a robbery. At either one or both of two previous trials on those charges, Webb asserts, the trial judges prematurely or improperly determined that the juries...

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