Stephens v. Commonwealth (2002)

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green Schwartz v. Commonwealth (2003)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App. · 8 citations in this opinion

This rule is not applicable here because it "applies only to a case involving multiple larceny prosecutions predicated upon the theft of multiple articles stolen contemporaneously." Jones v. Commonwealth, 218 Va. 757, 761 , 240 S.E.2d 658, 661 , cert. denied, 439 U.S. 892 [ 99 S.Ct. 249 , 58 L.Ed.2d 238 ] (1978). 263 Va. at 63 , 557 S.E.2d at 230 (emphasis added).

emphasis added

green Rushing v. Commonwealth (2011)

Quote Authority · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see also · 4 citations in this opinion

But that declaration, too, was unnecessary to the actual holding in that case. [5] Virginia courts "have consistently held that the protections afforded under the Virginia Constitution are co-extensive with those in the United States Constitution." Bennefield v. Commonwealth, 21 Va.App. 729, 739-40 , 467 S.E.2d 306, 311 (1996) (citations omitted); see also Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002) ("Virginia's constitutional guarantee against doub…

"Virginia's constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy Clause."

green Ostrander v. Commonwealth (2008)

Quote Authority · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see · 4 citations in this opinion

We disagree with both contentions. 1 The Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States and Virginia Constitutions protect “against a second prosecution for the same offense after either an acquittal or a conviction of that offense and against multiple punishments for the same offense.” Coleman v. Commonwealth, 261 Va. 196, 199 , 539 S.E.2d 732, 733 (2001); see Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002) (“Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against d…

“Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy Clause.”

green Commonwealth of Virginia v. Warren Hampton Ferguson (2020)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App. · 2 citations in this opinion

Roach, 51 Va. App. at 748 (citing Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62-63 (2002)).

green Roach v. Commonwealth (2008)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App. · 2 citations in this opinion

Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62-63 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002); Brown v. Commonwealth, 37 Va.App. 507, 517 , 559 S.E.2d 415, 420 (2002); Henry v. Commonwealth, 21 Va.App. 141, 146 , 462 S.E.2d 578, 581 (1995).

green Terrance Anthony Evans v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2008)

Quote Authority · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion

See Stephens v. Commonwealth, 35 Va. App. 141, 146 , 543 S.E.2d 609, 611 (2001), aff’d, 263 Va. 58 , 557 S.E.2d 227 (2002) (“where completed offense has occurred, a separate charge may be brought for a repetition of the same conduct”).

“where completed offense has occurred, a separate charge may be brought for a repetition of the same conduct”

green Depsky v. Commonwealth (2007)

Quote Authority · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see also · 2 citations in this opinion

However, the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy “ ‘protects only against multiple criminal punishments for the same offense ... in successive proceedings.’ ” Dorsey v. Commonwealth, 32 Va.App. 154, 161 , 526 S.E.2d 787, 790 (2000) (quoting Hudson v. United States, 522 U.S. 93, 99 , 118 S.Ct. 488, 493 , 139 L.Ed.2d 450 (1997)); see also Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002) (“Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against double je…

“Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy Clause.”

green Brian Odell Tolson v. Commonwealth (2005)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App. · 2 citations in this opinion

See Winston v. Commonwealth, 268 Va. 564, 614 , 604 S.E.2d 21, 49 (2004); Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 229 (2002).

green Christian Thomas Perry v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2026)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

“In a simultaneous prosecution, the role of the Double Jeopardy Clause is ‘limited to assuring that the court does not exceed its legislative authorization by imposing multiple punishments for the same offense.’” De’Armond v. Commonwealth, 51 Va. App. 26, 32 (2007) (quoting Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002)).

green Teron Danzell Young v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2025)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

“The Double Jeopardy Clause ‘protects against a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal; it protects against a second prosecution for the same offense after conviction; and it protects against multiple punishments for the same offense.’” Id. at 452 (quoting Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002)). -8- Young argues that the trial court erred when it reconsidered its original ruling reducing his felony eluding to a misdemeanor.

green Ben Matthew Wynkoop v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2025)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

Among other things, this prohibition “protects against multiple punishments for the same offense.” Commonwealth v. McBride, 302 Va. 443 , 452 (2023) (quoting Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002)).

green Samuel Harris, s/k/a Samuel Harris, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2025)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

I, § 8. “[T]his protection is ‘limited to assuring that the court does not exceed its legislative authorization.” Taylor, 77 Va. App. at 162 (quoting Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002)).

green Commonwealth of Virginia v. Benjamin Carter (2024)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

I, § 8; Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002).

green Dany Edgardo Hernandez v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2023)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

“Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy Clause.” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002).

green Commonwealth v. McBride (2023)

Rule Authority · Va.

I, § 8. 4 The Double Jeopardy Clause “protects against a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal; it protects 4 The scope of the Double Jeopardy provision of the Constitution of Virginia is not at issue in this case. 7 against a second prosecution for the same offense after conviction; and it protects against multiple punishments for the same offense.” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002) (cleaned up and citations omitted).

cleaned up and citations omitted

green Commonwealth v. McBride (2023)

Rule Authority · Va.

cleaned up and citations omitted

green Timothy Miles, s/k/a Timothy L. Miles v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2023)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

Taylor v. Commonwealth, 77 Va. App. 149 , 163 (2023) (citing Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 61-63 (2002)). - 10 - and that “[t]he life of another is endangered with the discharge of each shot, even if multiple shots are discharged in rapid succession.” Id. at 163-64 .

green William Ezell Taylor v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2023)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

As we have repeatedly held that this protection is “limited to assuring that the court does not exceed its legislative authorization,” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002) (emphasis added) (quoting Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 (1977)), any double jeopardy challenge necessarily folds back into interpreting the legislature’s intent in enacting a criminal offense—the same inquiry we take up here.

emphasis added

green Yasir Malik Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2022)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

BACKGROUND “As required by the established principles of appellate review, we will recite the evidence presented at trial in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the prevailing party in the [trial] court, and we will accord the Commonwealth the benefit of all inferences fairly deducible from that evidence.” White v. Commonwealth, 267 Va. 96, 99 (2004) (alteration in original) (quoting Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 59-60 (2002)).

green Brandon Servais v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2020)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

Accordingly, in order to prevail on his double jeopardy claim, appellant first must be correct in his assertion that “possession of child pornography . . . [is] a lesser-included [offense] of the production of the child pornography[.]” defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy Clause.” (quoting Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002))). -4- III.

green Commonwealth of Virginia v. Nathaniel Lamont Brock (2020)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

“The underlying idea” is that the government “should not be allowed to make repeated attempts to convict an individual for an alleged offense, thereby subjecting him to embarrassment, expense[,] and ordeal . . . , as well as enhancing the possibility that even though innocent he may be found guilty.” Id. at 303 (quoting Green v. United States, 355 U.S. 184, 187-88 (1957)). 2 “Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees …

green Severance v. Commonwealth (2018)

Rule Authority · Va.

He was put in jeopardy twice for two criminal offenses based on two criminal acts: murdering Kirby within three years of murdering Lodato and murdering Lodato within three years of murdering Kirby — two murders, two convictions, two punishments. 8 “Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy Clause.” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002). 7 C.

green Severance v. Commonwealth (2018)

Rule Authority · Va.

green Robert Lee Jones v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2017)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 59-60 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 228 (2002).

green Sheng Jie Jin v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2017)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

“Subjecting an accused to multiple punishments for the same offense violates both state and federal constitutional protections against double jeopardy.” Roach v. Commonwealth, 51 Va.App. 741, 748 , 660 S.E.2d 348, 351 (2008); Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002).

green Joseph Louis Paduano v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2014)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

“The federal constitutional provision concerning double jeopardy embodies three guarantees: ‘[i]t protects against a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal[; i]t protects against a second prosecution for the same offense after conviction[; a]nd it protects against multiple punishments for the same offense.’ ” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 229 (2002) (quoting North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 717 , 89 S.Ct. 2072, 2076 , 23 L…

quoting North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 717 , 89 S.Ct. 2072, 2076 , 23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969), overruled on other grounds, Alabama v. Smith, 490 U.S. 794 , 109 S.Ct. 2201 , 104 L.Ed.2d 865 (1989)

green Hall v. Com. (2010)

Rule Authority · Va.

NOTES [1] "As required by established principles of appellate review, we will recite the evidence presented at trial in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the prevailing party in the circuit court, and we will accord the Commonwealth the benefit of all inferences fairly deducible from that evidence." Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 59-60 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 228 (2002). [2] In contrast, Code § 18.2-479.1, which makes it unlawful for any person to "intentionally…

green Payne v. Commonwealth (2008)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

"Virginia's constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy Clause.” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002). 2 .

green Javon Jackson v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2008)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

In a simultaneous prosecution, “the role of the [Double Jeopardy Clause] is ‘limited to assuring that the court does not exceed its legislative authorization by imposing multiple punishments for the same offense.’” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002) (quoting Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 (1977)) (emphasis added).

quoting Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 (1977)

green De'Armond v. Commonwealth (2007)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

In a simultaneous prosecution, the role of the Double Jeopardy Clause is “limited to assuring that the court does not exceed its legislative authorization by imposing multiple punishments for the same offense.” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 268 Va. 58 , 62, 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002) (quoting Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 , 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2225 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977)); Coleman v. Commonwealth, 261 Va. 196, 200 , 539 S.E.2d 732, 734 (2001).

quoting Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 , 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2225 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977)

green Turner v. Commonwealth (2007)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

Painter v. Commonwealth, 47 Va.App. 225, 232 , 623 S.E.2d 408, 411-12 (2005) (quoting Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 229-30 (2002)).

green Painter v. Commonwealth (2005)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 229-30 (2002) (citations omitted).

citations omitted

green Walker v. Commonwealth (2005)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

That is particularly true in a simultaneous prosecution, where "the role of the constitutional guarantee is limited to assuring that the court does not exceed its legislative authorization by imposing multiple punishments for the same offense.” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002) (quoting Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 , 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2225 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977)); see also Coleman v. Commonwealth, 261 Va. 196, 200 , 539 S.E.2d 732, 734 (…

quoting Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 , 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2225 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977)

green Schwartz v. Commonwealth (2005)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

As relevant here, the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution “guarantees protection ... against multiple punishments for the same offense.” Coleman v. Commonwealth, 261 Va. 196, 199 , 539 S.E.2d 732, 733 (2001) (citing Illinois v. Vitale, 447 U.S. 410, 415 , 100 S.Ct. 2260, 2264 , 65 L.Ed.2d 228 (1980)). ‘Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy …

green White v. Commonwealth (2004)

Rule Authority · Va.

BACKGROUND “As required by established principles of appellate review, we will recite the evidence presented at trial in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the prevailing party in the [trial] court, and we will accord the Commonwealth the benefit of all inferences fairly deducible from that evidence.” Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 59-60 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 228 (2002).

green Zachary Barth Hamlett v. Commonwealth (2003)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

Jordan v. Commonwealth, 2 Va. App. 590, 594 , 347 S.E.2d 152, 154 (1986); Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 61-63 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 229-30 (2002) (affirming multiple convictions of shooting because "separate, identifiable acts.") - 4 - In Kelsoe v. Commonwealth, 226 Va. 197 , 308 S.E.2d 104 (1983), the defendant brandished the same firearm at three people.

affirming multiple convictions of shooting because "separate, identifiable acts."

green Hines v. Commonwealth (2003)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

This rule is not applicable here because it “applies only to a case involving multiple larceny prosecutions predicated upon the theft of multiple articles stolen contemporaneously.” Jones v. Commonwealth, 218 Va. 757, 761 , 240 S.E.2d 658, 661 , cert. denied, 439 U.S. 892 [ 99 S.Ct. 249 , 58 L.Ed.2d 238 ] (1978). 263 Va. 58, 63 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002).

green Robert Henry Perkins s/k/a etc v. Commonwealth (2002)

Rule Authority · Va. Ct. App.

Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 63 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002) (each act of shooting from vehicle constituted separate and distinct act); Martin v. Commonwealth, 242 Va. 1, 8 , 406 S.E.2d 15, 19 (1991) (attempted murder conviction not barred by prior obstruction of justice conviction); Brown v. Commonwealth, 230 Va. 310, 314 , 337 S.E.2d 711, 713-14 (1985) (abduction and rape are distinct acts); Jones v. Commonwealth, 218 Va. 757, 760 , 240 S.E.2d 658, 661 (1978) (the…

each act of shooting from vehicle constituted separate and distinct act

green Commonwealth v. Hill (2002)

Rule Authority · Va.

Armstrong v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 573, 576 , 562 S.E.2d 139, 140 (2002); Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 59-60 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 228 (2002).

green Murphy v. Commonwealth (2002)

Rule Authority · Va.

Armstrong v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 573, 576 , 562 S.E.2d *571 139, 140 (2002); Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 59-60 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 228 (2002).

green Amanda Lucille Ragan v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2013)

Cited · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see · 4 citations in this opinion

“In the single-trial setting, ‘the role of [this] constitutional guarantee is limited to assuring that the court does not exceed its legislative authorization by imposing multiple punishments for the same offense.’” Blythe v. Commonwealth, 222 Va. 722, 725 , 284 S.E.2d 796, 798 (1981) (quoting Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 (1977)); see Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62-63 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 230 (2002).

green Hodnett v. Commonwealth (2010)

Cited · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion

See Stephens, 263 Va. at 63 , 557 S.E.2d at 230 .

green Dolores Davis v. County of Fairfax (2010)

Cited · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion

DOUBLE JEOPARDY Double jeopardy principles protect against three distinct abuses: “(1) a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal; (2) a second prosecution for the same offense after conviction; and (3) multiple punishments for the same offense.” Payne v. Commonwealth, 257 Va. 216, 227 , 509 S.E.2d 293, 300 (1999) (emphases added)); see Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 , 557 S.E.2d 227, 229 (2002) (noting that the double jeopardy provisions of the Virg…

noting that the double jeopardy provisions of the Virginia and United States Constitutions are coextensive

green Barry Lee Derr v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2026)

Cited (see also) · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see also

V (providing that no person “shall . . . be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb”); Va. Const. art. 1, § 8 (providing that no person shall “be put twice in jeopardy for the same offense”); see also Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 62 (2002) (noting that “Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy Clause”). -5- statute.” Tucker v. Commonwealth, 38 V…

noting that “Virginia’s constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy affords a defendant the same guarantees as the federal Double Jeopardy Clause”

green Qualik Nashawn Davis v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2023)

Cited · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see

“When considering multiple punishments for a single transaction, the controlling factor is legislative intent.” Gregg, 295 Va. at 298 (quoting Kelsoe v. Commonwealth, 226 Va. 197, 199 (1983)); see Stephens v. Commonwealth, 263 Va. 58, 63 (2002) (explaining that in a single trial setting the double jeopardy clause “does no more than prevent the sentencing court from prescribing greater punishment than the legislature intended” (quoting Missouri v. Hunter, 459 U.S. 359, 366 (1…

explaining that in a single trial setting the double jeopardy clause “does no more than prevent the sentencing court from prescribing greater punishment than the legislature intended” (quoting Missouri v. Hunter, 459 U.S. 359, 366 (1983))

green Xyheir Keyonta Tate v. Commonwealth of Virginia (2019)

Cited · Va. Ct. App. · signal: see

See Stephens v. Commonwealth, 35 Va. App. 141, 146 (2001) (holding that “where a completed offense has occurred, a separate charge may be brought for a repetition of the same conduct”), aff’d, 263 Va. 58 (2002); see also Johnson v. Commonwealth, 292 Va. 738, 744 (2016) (holding that “the unit of prosecution for failure to appear corresponds to the number of individual felony offenses for 5 While Stephens and Kelso involved a due process analysis, the holdings are relevant to…