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Haynes v. State

Citations

  • 288 S.E.2d 185
  • 249 Ga. 119
  • 1982 Ga. LEXIS 1118

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding armed robbery to be a lesser included offense of kidnapping for ransom
  • kidnapping for ransom included additional element of asportation and so was a greater offense than armed robbery
  • under state statute, where actual evidence used to establish one crime also establishes a different crime, the two crimes merge and a defendant can be convicted of only one of the crimes
  • lesser included offense determined by proof necessary to establish commission of each crime
  • discussing these three tests in extensive detail
  • discussing these three tests in extensive detail

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Judges: Hill, Marshall

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