State v. Bellavance
Annotate this CaseFollowing a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of one count of arson. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of conviction, holding (1) the indictment and jury verdict did not deprive Defendant of his constitutional right to be free of double jeopardy because the trial court consolidated two separate counts of arson based on one criminal act identified in the indictment and jury verdict and sentenced Defendant for only one count of arson; and (2) under the circumstances, the trial court did not deprive Defendant of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel when it overruled Defendant's objection to the testimony of an anticipating defense witness who decided, mid-trial, to testify for the prosecution in exchange for a promise of immunity.
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