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Keener v. State

Citations

  • 230 S.E.2d 846
  • 238 Ga. 7
  • 1976 Ga. LEXIS 1072

How courts have described this case

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

  • the procedural aspect of double jeopardy refers to the bar on “successive prosecutions,” and its rationale is “to prevent harassment of the accused”
  • where “several crimes arising out of one criminal transaction are tried at the same time,” the bar against multiple convictions “does not operate until after the verdicts”
  • “Where crimes are tried separately it is generally held that if multiple convictions arising out of a single prosecution are barred they will likewise be barred from successive prosecution.”
  • \[W]hen crimes are to be prosecuted separately the more serious crimes should be prosecuted first to avoid the conviction of a lesser crime barring a subsequent prosecution for a more serious crime.\
  • “[W]hen crimes are to be prosecuted separately the more serious crimes should be prosecuted first to avoid the conviction of a lesser crime barring a subsequent prosecution for a more serious crime.”

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Judges: Undercofler, Gunter

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39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named Keener v. State

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