COLBERT v. the STATE.’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Brady v. State of Maryland · Giglio v. United States · Drinkard v. Walker · Lupoe v. State
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“The doctrine of merger precludes the imposition of multiple punishments when the same conduct establishes the commission of more than one crime. While a defendant's conduct may constitute more than one crime, Georgia law bars conviction and punishment of more than one crime if one crime is included in the other.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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