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Blockburger test

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Etymology

After the 1932 legal case Blockburger v. United States.

Definitions

  1. The test of whether multiple crimes violating the same statute represent separate…

    The test of whether multiple crimes violating the same statute represent separate offenses, based on whether each one requires proof of some distinct element.

The neighborhood

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