Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Jawayne K. BROWN, Respondent; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Richard Brown, Respondent; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Aquil Bond, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-02-28
Citations: 167 A.3d 703
Docket Number: No. 384 EAL 2016; No. 385 EAL 2016; No. 386 EAL 2016
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Jawayne K. BROWN, Respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Richard Brown, Respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Aquil Bond, Respondent
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 167
Pages: 703–704

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Jawayne K. BROWN, Respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Richard Brown, Respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Aquil Bond, Respondent
No. 384 EAL 2016
No. 385 EAL 2016
No. 386 EAL 2016
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
February 28, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 28th day of February, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the following issue:
Should a claim barring retrial on the basis of double jeopardy pursuant to Commonwealth v. Smith, 615 A.2d 321 (Pa. 1992), require factual findings made by the original trial judge, or a hearing based on further testimony, regarding the intent of the prosecutor?
Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue.