Blockburger v. United States
GPTKB entity
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
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| gptkbp:area |
Criminal law
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| gptkbp:caseOutcome |
Defendant's conviction upheld
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| gptkbp:caseTypes |
criminal case
No. 1 |
| gptkbp:citedBy |
284 U.S. 299
Blockburger_v._United_States,_284_U.S._299_(1932) |
| gptkbp:controversy |
December 7, 1931
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| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr. 1932 December 10, 1932 |
| gptkbp:filedIn |
October 17, 1932
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
Prohibition era
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Blockburger v. United States
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| gptkbp:impact |
subsequent legal interpretations
Influenced_interpretation_of_the_Fifth_Amendment |
| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:United_States
Blockburger |
| gptkbp:is_involved_in |
Blockburger_and_United_States
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| gptkbp:issue |
Double jeopardy
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| gptkbp:judges |
gptkb:Dissent_by_Justice_Sutherland
gptkb:Majority_opinion_by_Justice_Murphy |
| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
federal jurisdiction
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| gptkbp:legal_principle |
Blockburger test
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| gptkbp:legalStatus |
Double jeopardy
Same elements test Clarified the interpretation of the Double Jeopardy Clause Influenced legal standards for multiple punishments |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
Cited in legal textbooks
Analyzed in law reviews Influenced legal reforms Examined in constitutional law courses Analyzed for its implications on justice Considered in discussions on fairness in trials Debated in legal forums Discussed in legal seminars Discussed in relation to civil rights Evaluated in criminal law courses Examined in historical legal contexts Important for criminal defendants Referenced in appellate court decisions Reviewed in legal journals Studied in law school curricula Critiqued_for_its_application_in_modern_law Referenced_in_Supreme_Court_opinions |
| gptkbp:outcome |
Conviction upheld
Established the Blockburger test |
| gptkbp:precedent |
Subsequent double jeopardy cases
subsequent double jeopardy cases |
| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:United_States_v._McGowan
gptkb:Jeffers_v._United_States gptkb:United_States_v._Dixon gptkb:United_States_v._McClain gptkb:Grady_v._Corbin gptkb:Gamble_v._United_States Constitutional protections Double jeopardy protection Multiplicity of charges |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
criminal law
constitutional law |
| gptkbp:significance |
Establishes test for determining whether two offenses are the same for double jeopardy purposes.
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