Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Ferman McGEE, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-04-13
Citations: 728 A.2d 340
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Ferman McGEE, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 728
Pages: 340–340

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Ferman McGEE, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 13, 1999.
David Crowley, Chief Public Defender, for Ferman McGee, petitioner.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 13th day of April, 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, limited to the following issue:
Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution precludes the criminal prosecution of a prisoner for possession of a weapon, where the Department of Corrections has determined that the prisoner -violated prison regulations and has subjected him to disciplinary confinement for the conduct?