State v. Eckert

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 120,566 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JUSTIN BURKE ECKERT, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Multiplicity is the charging of a single offense in several counts of a complaint or information. The principal danger of multiplicity is that it creates the potential for multiple punishments for a single offense, which is prohibited by the Double Jeopardy Clauses of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and § 10 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights. 2. Questions involving multiplicity are questions of law subject to unlimited…