Legal Opinion
South Jordan City v. Summerhays
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided January 26, 2017No. 20150527-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Decision
ROTH, Judge:
¶1 Before us is an interlocutory appeal from a denial of a motion to dismiss criminal charges that implicates the Fifth Amendment’s Double Jeopardy Clause. We affirm.
¶2 In late 2013, Defendant Ian Summer-hays allegedly violated a protective order by contacting his ex-wife via text message, and South Jordan City charged him with two counts of violating a protective order as a result. The prosecutor charged the violations as class B misdemeanors and filed the crimi nal information in South Jordan City Justice Court. Summerhays pleaded guilty to one count and began…
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