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Dorsey v. State

Citations

  • 230 S.E.2d 307
  • 237 Ga. 876
  • 1976 Ga. LEXIS 1432

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  • state prosecution for murder, kidnapping, and robbery barred by federal convictions arising from same conduct
  • subsection (c) was a new feature of Georgia law that applies to successive federal and state prosecutions
  • bar in subsection (c) applies only if former prosecution was “for a crime over which the federal court had jurisdiction and over which the superior court had concurrent jurisdiction”
  • parties stipulated charged offenses were the same and arose out of same conduct

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Judges: Gunter, Jordan

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