Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari to consider whether the prosecution and conviction of a criminal defendant in a single trial on both a charge of “armed criminal action” and a charge of first-degree robbery — the underlying felony — violates the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. H On the evening of November 24, 1978…
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