State v. Forteson

MOLLOY, Judge.

We have here two appeals in a single criminal action. The defendant has appealed from a conviction of possession of a “pistol” by one who has been convicted of a “crime of violence,” as those terms are defined in A.R.S. § 13-919, and the State has appealed from the dismissal of a count in the criminal complaint charging burglary.

We dispose of the State’s appeal first. The legal problem presented is whether a previous acquittal as to a robbery charge arising out of the same occurrences upon which the burglary charge is predicated bars the subsequent burglary prosecution. The…