Blockburger test

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The test of whether multiple crimes violating the same statute represent separate offenses, based on whether each one requires proof of some distinct element.

Word forms

Blockburger test

Etymology

After the 1932 legal case Blockburger v. United States.

Related words

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