669 So. 2d 1002 - State v. Patton’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “The 'same evidence [or element]' test of Blockburger is stated as follows: 'Where the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one is whether each provision requires proof of an additional fact which the other does not.' Blockburger , 284 U.S. at 304 , 52 S.Ct. at 182 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 701 So. 2d 309 - Sotto v. State · 698 So. 2d 179 - Ivey v. State

2. “the Blockburger test should be applied in light of the particular facts in question and not to the elements of the crime in the abstract”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Burtram v. State · 668 So. 2d 147 - Eiland v. State