Fitzgerald v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 2004
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · Grady v. Corbin · Jones v. Commonwealth · Blythe v. Commonwealth · Jones v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“9 Va. App. at 364 , 388 S.E.2d at 280 . In Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth, 11 Va. App. 625, 627 , 401 S.E.2d 208, 209 (1991), the court again set forth its views of the principle enunciated in Grady v. Corbin: The prohibition against double jeopardy contained in the United States Constitution protects against multiple punishments for the same offense. Blythe v. Commonwealth, 222 Va. 722, 725 , 284 S.E.2d 796, 797 (1981). It also protects against a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal or after conviction, id. In that context, offenses will be deemed the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“forbids multiple prosecution of offenses springing from the same criminal act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Code § 19.2-294 speaks to ‘acts’ of the accused, not elements of the offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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