Blockburger
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Blockburger test for determining separate offenses
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentUnknownSupreme Court of the United States · Lora v. United States (22-49) · 40:28 · Mar 2023
…We, by contrast, have long taken the position, based on this court's Blockburger jurisprudence, that these are one offense.…
UnknownSupreme Court of the United States · Currier v. Virginia (16-1348) · 51:13 · Feb 2018
…And the reason why we don't allow you to try that second acquittal or that second offense is because for purposes of the double jeopardy clause and for purposes of how we define the same offense, we say that in those circumstances, just as in Blockburger, we say that sometimes things that are technically distinct, meaning they're in different code sections —…
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