Martin v. Commonwealth

In this criminal case, the defendant, Ernest Lee Martin, was indicted for robbery and grand larceny. He was convicted of robbery and petit larceny, for which he was sentenced to confinement for terms of 25 years and 12 months, respectively.1 The sole question for decision is whether the defendant’s convictions of both robbery and petit larceny constitutes double jeopardy.

The charges under review stem, from the defendant’s actions at the “Big G,” a service station owned by Melvin Davis in Sussex County. *722In the early morning hours of December 29, 1978, the defendant drove his automobile into…