In Re Samantha

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• holding that the failure to apply the one-act, one-crime rule constituted second prong plain error
• findings of guilt for multiple offenses can only be sustained if the charging instrument reflects the State's intent to apportion the defendant's conduct and prosecute for multiple crimes
• finding error under the second prong based on the trial court's failure to apply the one-act, one-crime rule
• most serious count, on which judgment and sentence should be entered, is count that carries highest maximum punishment
• although minors are not required to file post-dispositional motions, they must \object at trial to preserve a claimed error for review\
• a one-act, one-crime violation \satisf[ies] the second prong of the plain-error test\

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