STATE v. BEAUREGARD


32 S.W.3d 681 (2000)

STATE of Tennessee v. Frederick BEAUREGARD.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

November 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Michael Robbins, Memphis, TN, and Gary F. Antrican, District Public Defender, Somerville, TN, for appellant Frederick Beauregard.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; J. Ross Dyer, Assistant Attorney General; Elizabeth Rice, District Attorney General; and Jerry Norwood, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

ANDERSON, C.J.,

delivered the opinion of the court, in which BIRCH, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.

In this appeal, we consider whether the constitutional principle of either double jeopardy or due process is violated and therefore bars separate convictions for both rape and incest when the offenses arise from a single act committed against the same victim. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed...

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