Constitutional Law - Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment - Doctrine of Dual Sovereignty

Authors

C. Steven Miller

Abstract

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that where the interests of the Commonwealth have been sufficiently vindicated in a federal prosecution, a subsequent state prosecution for conduct resultant from the same act will be barred.

Commonwealth v. Mills, 447 Pa. 163, 286 A.2d 638 (1971).

First Page

365

Recommended Citation

C. S. Miller, Constitutional Law - Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment - Doctrine of Dual Sovereignty, 12 Duq. L. Rev. 365 (1973).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol12/iss2/11