Legal Opinion

State v. Evans

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided December 8, 1975No. 2 CA-CR 666-2PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*316OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of offering to sell heroin in violation of A.R.S. Sec. 36-1002.02 with a prior grand theft conviction. The minimum sentence without a prior is five years, and with a non-drug prior is ten years (A.R.S. Sec. 13-1649). Appellant was given a ten year suspended sentence. That same day appellant was sentenced for second degree burglary with the same grand theft prior conviction. Appellant claims that the use of the grand theft conviction more than once constituted double jeopardy and violates A.R.S. Sec. 13-1641, which states that a single act can…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. AllenArizona Supreme Court · 1974
  2. State v. ShumwayCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1965
  3. Chauncey v. EymanCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1966

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. FerreiraArizona Supreme Court · 1981

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