Legal Opinion
State v. Lonergan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 28, 1989No. 13640PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGlass, J.
This appeal involves the issue of whether a charge brought against a defendant in a second prosecution constitutes, for double jeopardy purposes, the *76“same offense” for which the defendant has already been tried. In particular, the question presented is whether this court should make this determinaton simply by examining the statutory elements of the crimes, as set forth in Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 304, 52 S. Ct. 180, 76 L. Ed. 306 (1932), or in addition, as suggested by In re Nielsen, 131 U.S. 176, 9 S. Ct. 672, 33 L. Ed. 118 (1889), and its progeny, by examining the…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by51 opinions
- State v. ChicanoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- State v. GarvinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- State v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- State v. GrecoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
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