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JONES v. COM.

Record Nos. 760974, 761372.

235 S.E.2d 313 (1977)

Gregory JONES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart H. Held, Portsmouth (Schlitz, Levy & Livesay, Ltd., Portsmouth, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Jim L. Chin, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

I'ANSON, Chief Justice.

The question presented on these two appeals is whether the defendant's convictions for robbery and the use of a firearm during the commission of a felony violate the double jeopardy clauses of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 8 of the Virginia Constitution, where both offenses arose out of the same transaction.

Record No. 760974

The defendant, Gregory Jones, was indicted for...

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