People v. Dodson

OPINION OF THE COURT

A statutory claim that one may not be separately prosecuted for two offenses based on the same act or criminal transaction, as distinguished from a constitutional double jeopardy claim, must be duly preserved if there is to be appellate review.

On November 15, 1976 appellant pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to a charge that she fraudulently demanded a sum of money by virtue of a false instrument. The plea was accepted in satisfaction of a multicount indictment with reference to activities at various times between August…