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Criminal C procedure — charges — duplication of charges arising out of one course of conduct — correct course is to charge with offence which was dominant purpose of course of conduct.
It frequently occurs, during a course of criminal conduct, that several offences are committed. To charge the accused with all those offences, however, may well result in prejudice to him, since the whole of the criminal conduct imputed to him in substance constitutes only one offence. In such a situation, the correct course fits to charge the accused with that offence which was his dominant purpose. This does not mean that the test of "dominant purpose" is the only one to be applied: in some situations it may still be appropriate to charge the accused with more than one offence.
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