· 12/13/1974
United States v. Mike Howard
Citations
- 507 F.2d 559
- 1974 U.S. App. LEXIS 5666
How courts have described this case
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- refusing to consider defendant’s claim that verdict was ambiguous because objection was not made at trial
- affirming trial court's entry of judgment of conviction on the greater charge when jury returned \guilty\ verdicts on both the greater charge (distribution of heroin) and its lesser-included offense (possession of heroin) even though it was instructed not to do so
- cannot convict of both distribution of heroin and lesser included offense of simple possession arising out of same facts
- A defendant may not be charged and convicted of both a major offense and a lesser included offense arising out of the same facts ”
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Judges: Bright, Stephenson, Webster
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