People v. Miller

In this case we must decide whether the doctrine of double jeopardy prevents the State from prosecuting defendant, Kimberly Miller, for the unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle after it had previously prosecuted her for the improper use of a vehicle registration.

The record reveals the following facts. On July 26, 1991, Officer Carl Ensign of the Batavia police department made an investigatory stop of defendant’s vehicle because the vehicle had no rear licence plate light. After running a computer check of the vehicle’s registration, he determined that the registration displayed on…