COM. v. FRISBIE


506 Pa. 461 (1984)

485 A.2d 1098

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Charles FRISBIE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant.

John W. Packel, Chief Appeals Div., Karl Baker, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue presented by this case is whether a single unlawful act which affects multiple victims may support multiple sentences without violating the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. We hold that it may.

Appellee, Charles Frisbie, while fleeing from police officers in downtown Philadelphia, drove his car through a crowded intersection and seriously injured nine...

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