State v. Secrest

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Batchelder “recognized the long-standing rule that when an action violates two criminal statutes, the government may prosecute under either, providing that it does not discriminate against any class of defendants”
• stating that when a single act violates more than one criminal statute, the prosecutor may exercise discretion in selecting which charge to file, even though the two offenses call for different punishments
• stating that when a single act violates more than one criminal statute, the prosecutor may exercise discretion in selecting which charge to file, even though the two offenses call for different punishments
• noting that Batchelder “recognized the long-standing rule that when an action violates two criminal statutes, the government may prosecute under either, providing that it does not discriminate against any class of defendants”

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