Richmond v. State

KARWACKI, Judge.

This case concerns the protection afforded by the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment against multiple punishments for the same offense.

I

On February 5, 1987, a fire broke out in a two story apartment building located at Dallas Place in Temple Hills. The building contained approximately ten units. The fire originated in the ground floor apartment of Martha Gobert and quickly spread to the apartment located across a common hallway, occupied by Wanda Pfeiffer, and to the apartment located above the Gobert unit, occupied by Evelyn Saunders. All three apartment units were…