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COM. v. SANTIAGO

492 Pa. 297 (1981)

424 A.2d 870

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Israel SANTIAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil E. Jokelson, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Nancy Wasser, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

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...

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