State v. Miranda
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of capital felony, murder, and felony murder. The convictions arose from the killing of a single victim. The Appellate Court reversed in part and and remanded the case with direction to vacate Defendant’s convictions of murder and felony murder, concluding that those convictions violated constitutional protections against double jeopardy because they were cumulative of the controlling conviction of capital felony. The State appealed, asserting that vacatur was not the appropriate remedy for Defendant’s cumulative conviction of felony murder that violated his double jeopardy protections. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the vacatur remedy set forth in State v. Polanco should extend to scenarios like Defendant’s, thus making it appropriate to vacate his cumulative felony murder conviction.
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