Opinion
April 13, 1999.
Petition No. 991 M.D. Allocatur Docket 1998 for Allowance of Appeal from the Superior Court.
David Crowley, Chief Public Defender, for Ferman McGee, petitioner.
ORDER
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?