COM. v. ROEFARO


456 Pa.Super. 588 (1997)

691 A.2d 472

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Leopold C. ROEFARO, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Siford, Assistant Public Defender, Hollidaysburg, for appellant.

David Gorman, Assistant District Attorney, Hollidaysburg, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before KELLY, HUDOCK, and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This case asks us to decide whether an evidentiary ruling, admitting evidence of prior stalking convictions to prove a later stalking charge, violates a criminal defendant's constitutional right to be free from double jeopardy. It does not, and we will uphold the trial court because the introduction of the evidence was proper and the illogical extension of appellant's argument makes a mockery of the great constitutional protection against double...

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