Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1995
Publication Information
1995-1996 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 104 (1995-1996)
Abstract
Criminal defendants often are charged and convicted of multiple offenses. And often one offense is a lesser included offense of another, which means that proving one offense proves the other. If the offender is sentenced for both crimes, is the prohibition against double jeopardy violated? That is the question the Supreme Court addresses in this drug trafficking case, a case in which two concurrent life imprisonment sentences were imposed for virtually the same conduct.
Recommended Citation
Jimmy Gurule,
Multiple Punishment for Similar Crimes: Is the Double Jeopardy Clause Violated?,
1995-1996 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 104 (1995-1996).
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https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/703
