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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; aggravated robbery</title>
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		<title>PROSECUTORIAL OVERCHARGING</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multiple Counts, Lesser-Included Offenses and Double Jeopardy

By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

One of the quiet abuses in the nation’s criminal justice system is prosecutors overcharging criminal defendants. In their zeal to prosecute and convict, prosecutors file multiple counts against a defendant in a single indictment involving the same criminal conduct knowing – or least possessing the duty to know – that two convictions based on the same conduct will almost always be reversed on appeal.  Criminal defense lawyers argue that many prosecutors charge multiple counts against a defendant in an attempt to prejudice a defendant, insinuating that the defendant must have done something to justify the multiple counts.  There were two recent examples of this prosecutorial abuse – one involving a Texas case and the other involving a federal case in California.]]></description>
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