Legal Opinion

LeCompte v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided October 21, 1986PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Justice, for the majority.

William LeCompte appeals a sentence of the Superior Court requiring him to serve consecutive three-year prison terms on the charges of Robbery First Degree and Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony. The defendant contends that the imposition of consecutive sentences for these two crimes is not permitted by this Court’s decision in Davis v. State, Del.Supr., 400 A.2d 292 (1979), the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Albernaz v. United States, 450 U.S. 333, 101 S.Ct. 1137, 67 L.Ed.2d 275…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Whalen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Albernaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Hunter v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1980

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Desmond v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1994
  2. Chao v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1992
  3. DeShields v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987
  4. Poon v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2005
  5. Stigars v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1996

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