SAME-TRANSACTION TEST

same-transaction test.Criminal law. A double-jeopardy test, never adopted, that would require

the government to bring all charges arising out of a single incident against a defendant in one

prosecution. • Justice Brennan advocated the same-transaction test in a case involving a conviction

for felony-murder and a later prosecution for the underlying felony. Harris v. Okla., 433 U.S. 682,

97 S.Ct. 2912 (1977). Cf. BLOCKBURGER TEST; SAME-CONDUCT TEST . [Blacks Law 8^th]