Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “"Robey was convicted of two counts of assault in the first degree arising out of the injuries to McNabb. On appeal, Robey argues that these two convictions, which are based on separate subsections of § 13A-6-20 (a), [Ala. Code 1975,] violate his double-jeopardy rights. With good reason, the State concedes this issue. "In Ex parte Rice , 766 So.2d 143 , 148 (Ala. 1999), we recognized the longstanding proposition that `the Double Jeopardy Clause, as a general rule, prohibits the State from subjecting a defendant to multiple punishments for the same offense.' In Blockburger v. United States , 284 U.S. 299 , 304 (1932), the United States Supreme Court stated, `[W]here 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 a fact which the other does not.' "However, in Rice we stated, `Because we are dealing here with a single statute . . . that defines a single offense, the Blockburger test is not applicable.' 766 So.2d at 150 (citing Sanabria v. United States , 437 U.S. 54 , 70 n. 24 (1978)). We also stated in Rice that `when a statute provides alternative or different methods of committing the same offense, each alternative method is not to be treated as a separate offense.' 766 So.2d at 150 (citing Sisson v. State , 528 So.2d 1159 (Ala. 1988)). In the instant case, Robey was convicted of two counts of first-degree assault”

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