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State v. Chitwood

Citations

  • 735 S.W.2d 471
  • 1987 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 2579

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  • holding that convictions for sale of cocaine and for possession of cocaine stored in defendant’s house do not constitute double jeopardy
  • successive prosecutions by two states for the same conduct were not barred by the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment

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Judges: Cornelius, Dwyer, Scott

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