distinct offenses

distinct offenses
Distinct violations of law, even though they may grow out of the same transaction. The test of identity of offenses is whether the same evidence is required to sustain them; if not, then the fact that both charges relate to and grow out of one transaction does not make a single offense where two are defined by the statutes. Morgan v Devine, 237 US 632, 59 L Ed 1153, 35 S Ct 712.

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