Legal Opinion
State v. Bennin
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1971No. 1979PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Justice.
This is an appeal from judgments of guilty after guilty pleas to four separate counts of kidnapping and from the sentences imposed thereon.
Defendant contends that the court erred in sentencing because:
“1. The court subjected the defendant to cumulative punishment on four counts that were in fact one and the same act.
“2. The defendant has been placed in double jeopardy under A.R.S. 13-145, 1956 as amended, and in violation of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution.”
On 20 June 1968, two young couples were driving from Jerome, Arizona, back to their homes in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. VoeckellArizona Supreme Court · 1949
- State v. HoffmanArizona Supreme Court · 1955
- State v. MirandaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1966
- State Ex Rel. Jones v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1955
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. BelcherArizona Supreme Court · 1972
- James Burchett v. Harold J. Cardwell, Warden, Arizona State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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- State v. SandersCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1977