Supreme Court of Delaware

Two separate charges against appellant for possession of a controlled substance (under the same statute) amounted to double jeopardy in violation of the constitution, where all events took place at the same time, in the same location, and with the same intended purpose.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/09/2002
• Published 05/13/2002

Judges

• VEASEY, Chief Justice., Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, and BERGER, Justices.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bernard J. O'Donnell, Esquire of the Public Defender's Office, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Williams, Esquire of the Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware, for Appellee.