Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1984PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rena K. Uviller, J.
Defendant moves to dismiss this Bronx County robbery indictment on the ground that it is barred by a prior New York County conviction for criminal possession of the property taken in the robbery.
*166The defendant’s double jeopardy claim requires resolution of an issue that has received but scant and ambiguous appellate attention: Whether the crimes of robbery and that of criminal possession of its proceeds are sufficiently related under Federal constitutional principles and/or the New York Criminal Procedure Law as to bar their separate prosecutions. (See…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Illinois v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- People v. GloverNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Waller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
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