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Merger Doctrine

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A quick definition of Merger Doctrine:

The merger doctrine in criminal law means that if someone commits an act that can be considered two different crimes at the same time, they will only be charged with the more serious offense. This is to prevent them from being charged twice for the same action. For example, if someone steals a car and also assaults the owner, they will only be charged with the more serious crime of assault and not both theft and assault.

A more thorough explanation:

The Merger Doctrine is a legal principle in criminal law that applies when a defendant commits a single act that satisfies the definition of two separate offenses. In such cases, the lesser of the two offenses will be dropped, and the defendant will only be charged with the greater offense. This is done to prevent double jeopardy issues from arising.

For example, if a person commits a robbery and also assaults the victim during the robbery, the two offenses may merge. In this case, the assault charge would be dropped, and the defendant would only be charged with robbery.

Another example is if a person commits a burglary and also steals property during the burglary. The theft charge may merge with the burglary charge, and the defendant would only be charged with burglary.

These examples illustrate how the Merger Doctrine works in practice. By dropping the lesser offense, the defendant is not punished twice for the same act, which would violate the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
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22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
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22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
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23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
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5:21
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5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
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7:46
Also has anyone's date disappeared for W&L? Mine did last night
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@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
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Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
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8:48
UMN under review! As predicted, decisions are gonna come out early December
Minus those random R decisions from UMN yesterday though right? I wonder what happened there. I don’t think I’ve seen a school start the season out with anything but As on here
almost all of my apps have been UR for 6 weeks at this point I feel exhausted waiting for them to finish
Irvine is being snobby and wont start any review until end of Nov.
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