A juvenile adjudicated delinquent for two counts of resisting an officer without violence during a single, continuous school incident violates double jeopardy. Because the arrest involved one unbroken event with a single intent and no temporal break, multiple convictions for the same basic action cannot stand.
Case Summary and Double Jeopardy Rule
Single continuous act: Multiple charges fail when a defendant's actions constitute one unified behavioral episode.
Key factors:
- A joint effort by officers to control the student.
- A single location (the school).
- No intervening acts or pauses in time.
- One steady intent from the juvenile.
The outcome: The court must reverse the duplicate conviction to protect against double jeopardy.
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