Two stabbings occurring in close temporal and spatial proximity during a single domestic incident, with the same continuing intention, constitute a single criminal activity that may properly be charged in one count without latent duplicity. Where a trial judge directs the jury that it must be unanimously satisfied that at least one act was conscious and voluntary with requisite intent, the verdict is not uncertain merely because it does not disclose which act the jury relied upon. Allegations of recent invention based on discrepancies between an accused's evidence and matters put by counsel must be approached with much caution and circumspection, and a comprehensive judicial direction on the dangers of such reasoning may be a sufficient antidote without requiring a separate Zoneff direction.
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