Commonwealth v. Ahearn

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Since a nolle prosequi acts neither as an acquittal nor a conviction, double jeopardy does not attach to the original criminal bill or information.”
• “Since a nolle prosequi acts neither as an acquittal nor a conviction, double jeopardy does not attach to the original criminal bill or information.”
• “Since a nolle prosequi acts neither as an acquittal nor a conviction, double jeopardy does not attach to the original criminal bill or information.”
• nolle prosequi is voluntary withdrawal by prosecutor on particular criminal bill, which at anytime in future can be lifted upon appropriate motion in order to permit revival of original criminal bill
• “A nolle prosequi is a voluntary withdrawal by a prosecuting attorney of proceedings on a particular criminal bill or information, which at any[]time in the future can be lifted upon appropriate motion in order to permit a revival of the original criminal bill or information.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Goldman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-12· cited 125×
• Commonwealth v. Saranchak
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-24· cited 120×
• Buice v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-01· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Banks
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-29· cited 31×
• Carlisle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-08-23· cited 4×
• Piskanin v. Krysevig
  Third Circuit· 2009-10-09· cited 2×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Harrison, S.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-04-30