Walker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “The statutory elements and actual evidence tests [from Richardson] are designed to assist courts in determining whether two separate chargeable crimes amount to the "same offense” for double jeopardy purposes. The continuous crime doctrine does not seek to reconcile the double jeopardy implications of two distinct chargeable crimes; rather, it defines those instances where a defendant’s conduct amounts only to a single chargeable crime. In doing so, the continuous crime doctrine prevents the state from charging a defendant twice for the same continuous offense. [Boyd, 766 N.E.2d at 400 ]. Finding that the defendant subjected the victim to one continuous episode of confinement, we vacated the attempted criminal confinement conviction. Id. at 401 . Boyd thus clarified that while Indiana's double jeopardy clause prohibits convicting a defendant of two or more distinct chargeable crimes when they constitute the "same offense” under Richardson , it also prohibits convicting a defendant multiple times for the same continuous offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cesar Chavez v. State of Indiana · Borum v. State