De Wolf v. Howland

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• finding that absent an overt expression of legislative intent, the intent of Congress can also be determined based on the elements of the violated statutes
• holding suggests that whether elements are statutory or not is immaterial to multiplicity determination
• holding the first question for purposes of a double jeopardy analysis is whether Congress expressed its intent concerning multiple convictions at a single trial for different statutory violations arising from the same act or transaction
• stating the constitutional power to define Federal military offenses and prescribe their punishments lies with Congress
• forgery and larceny were separate offenses even though the forgery was the means by which the larceny was committed
• sentence set aside where maximum punishment announced as six years, six months vice three years, six months

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).