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State v. Trani

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided May 16, 2001No. 2 CA-CR 00-0091PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Appellant State of Arizona claims the trial court erred by dismissing, on the ground of double jeopardy, the murder prosecution against appellee Robert Trani after a mistrial due to prosecutorial misconduct. We agree that the trial court erred and vacate the dismissal.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Trani was charged with murder and assault for allegedly ordering the raid of the home of a person who owed him a drug-related debt. The person who owed the debt *384was not there during the raid, but one person present at the time was murdered and another was assaulted. It is…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. KennedyOregon Supreme Court · 1983
  2. State v. AtwoodArizona Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Pool v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1984
  4. State v. HughesArizona Supreme Court · 1998
  5. State v. DetrichArizona Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. KorovkinCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2002
  2. State v. CortezCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2014
  3. State v. GooldCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2016
  4. State v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2019
  5. State v. MarquezCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2019

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