COMMONWEALTH v. JORDAN

No. 31 WAP 2020.

256 A.3d 1094 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Gregory JORDAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: August 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Ann Swift, Esq. , Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office, for Pennsylvania District Attorney Association, Amicus Curiae.

Brandon Paul Ging, Esq. Allegheny County Public Defender's Office, for Appellant Gregory Frank Jordan.

Kevin Francis McCarthy, Esq. , Michael Wayne Streily, Esq. , Allegheny County District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

We consider whether inconsistent verdicts rendered by separate factfinders in a simultaneous jury and bench trial implicate double jeopardy and collateral estoppel concerns, such that a defendant, who was acquitted by the jury on the charges it considered, may not also be found guilty by...

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