COM. v. WILLIAMS


357 Pa.Super. 462 (1986)

516 A.2d 352

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 26, 1986.

Reargument Denied October 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis I. Turner, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Annette M. Hutchinson, Assistant District Attorney, New Castle, for Com., appellee.

Before ROWLEY, WIEAND and DEL SOLE, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROWLEY, Judge:

This is an appeal from an Order denying appellant's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal. Appellant sought acquittal on the ground that the evidence presented at his first two trials, each of which ended in a hung jury, was insufficient. He asserts that we have jurisdiction of his appeal by virtue of Pa.R.A.P. 311(a)(5) because the denial of his motion to acquit "is tantamount to the grant of a new trial for the Commonwealth...

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