COM. v. SCOTT


353 Pa.Super. 330 (1986)

509 A.2d 1301

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Harold L. SCOTT, Sr.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Benson, Assistant District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Harold C. Scott, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, WATKINS and CERCONE, JJ.


CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the lower court's grant of appellee's, Harold Scott, Post Conviction Hearing Act Petition1 reversing judgment of sentence and ordering appellee discharged.

The Commonwealth urges us to review the following issues: whether appellee's retrial and conviction of voluntary manslaughter violated the prohibition against double jeopardy; and whether appellee waived his right to...

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