COM. v. CAMPITELLI


347 Pa.Super. 615 (1985)

500 A.2d 1228

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. James F. CAMPITELLI, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Sager, Pottstown, for appellant.

Charles M. Guthrie, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Reading, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WIEAND, CIRILLO and ROBERTS, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

Where a mistrial and continuance have been granted on motion of the defendant following allowance of a Commonwealth request to amend the information, do principles of double jeopardy bar a second trial? Appellant argues that because the trial court suggested in the first instance that a motion for mistrial would receive favorable consideration, a second trial is barred unless the mistrial was manifestly...

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