Legal Opinion

Todd v. State

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1996No. S-6709, S-6807PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

As Revised on Rehearing

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Robyn Todd and Joseph Harvey seek review of the court of appeals’ opinion affirming their convictions and corresponding sentences for both second-degree (felony) murder and first-degree robbery in connection with an armed robbery during which a man was killed. They assert that the Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States and Alaska Constitutions bar conviction and punishment for both felony murder and the predicate felony. We affirm.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

The underlying facts are not in dispute. Armed and wearing ski…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by28 opinions

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