State v. Gunter

OPINION

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

The major issue in this review of a post-conviction proceeding is whether a defendant’s single act which subjects him to multiple criminal charges violates the double jeopardy clauses of the United States and Arizona Constitutions as well as the double punishment statute of Arizona.

This action arises from the summary denial by the trial court of defendant Rexford Howard Gunter’s petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32.1, Rules of Criminal Procedure.

The defendant was originally charged with having committed two counts of assault with a…