Granted. The trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to quash and the court of appeal erred in ordering an evidentiary hearing to resolve the question of whether the state may convict and punish defendant in a single proceeding for both crimes alleged in the bill of information.
A defendant may raise a claim of double jeopardy before trial by way of a motion to quash, La.C.Cr.P. art. 532(6), as...
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