Tennessee Supreme Court· 3/9/2012

State v. Watkins

Citations

362 S.W.3d 530
2012 WL 758912
2012 Tenn. LEXIS 154

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concluding that aggravated child abuse and reckless homicide are not the “same offense” for purposes of double -14- jeopardy
holding that offenses are not the same if each “includes an element that the other does not”
concluding that aggravated child abuse and reckless homicide are not the “same offense” for purposes of double jeopardy
holding that double jeopardy claims should be analyzed under the Blockburger test
stating that analysis of the evidence used to prove the offenses was ineffective in ascertaining legislative intent, the key consideration in multiple punishment cases
stating that if “one offense is a lesser included of the other, then we will presume that multiple convictions are not intended by the General Assembly and that multiple convictions violate double jeopardy[]”

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Judges: Chief Justice Cornelia A. Clark

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