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A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant.

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charging prosecutor criminal defendant preclude lesser included offenses crime element
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anse tense lense pense mense dense cense wanse minse rinse banse hanse manse danse chinse odense flense amanse intense alfonse
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