blockburger-rule

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7996 George Edward Purdy v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied IFP 5th-amendment blockburger-rule criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment jurisdiction plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion venue Where identical charges are filed for the same alleged victim in multiple counties, is it a violation of the 5th Amendment double-jeopardy rule based …