Legal Opinion

State v. Gibson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 20, 1991No. C1-91-1332PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.

In its decision in this case the court of appeals affirmed the use of multiple concurrent sentences for two offenses that defendant contends arose from a single behavioral incident. State v. Gibson, 475 N.W.2d 896 (Minn.App.1991). We agree with defendant and therefore vacate the lesser of the two sentences pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 609.035 (1990), the so-called single-behavioral-incident statute.

The offenses of conviction here are criminal vehicular operation resulting in injury and felony leaving the scene of an accident, for which defendant received concurrent terms of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
  2. State v. ZuehlkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
  3. State v. NaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
  4. State v. SailorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
  5. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. BookwalterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
  2. State v. KendellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
  3. State v. ButcherCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
  4. State v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
  5. State of Minnesota v. Mo Savoy HicksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2015

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