State of Arizona v. Guillermo E. Cooney

OPINION

ECKERSTROM, Judge.

¶ 1 After a jury trial, appellant Guillermo Cooney was convicted of four counts of aggravated driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI). Cooney now appeals, claiming evidence of time spent incarcerated was improperly admitted, the use of his two prior DUI convictions as elements in his current DUI ease violated his right to protection from double jeopardy, and the trial court erred in giving the Portillo instruction on reasonable doubt. For the following reasons, we affirm Cooney’s convictions and sentences.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶2 In November…