Jones v. Commonwealth

The question presented on these two appeals is whether the defendant’s convictions for robbery and the use of a firearm during the commission of a felony violate the double jeopardy clauses of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 8 of the Virginia Constitution, where both offenses arose out of the same transaction.

Record No. 760974

The defendant, Gregory Jones, was indicted for robbery of Kevin Meeks by means of a pistol, and in a separate indictment was charged with.the use or attempt to use a firearm, or display in a threatening manner the…