State v. Clifton

In this criminal case, defendant seeks reversal of five felony convictions, contending that the trial court erred by failing to “merge” the convictions for sentencing purposes. We affirm.

On the evening of January 19,1981, defendant and a group of friends congregated at a bar, where they consumed “excessive quantities” of whiskey and played pool. In the course of the evening, defendant and his companions became involved in a verbal altercation with Scott Godfrey. Godfrey was asked to leave the bar. As he left the parking lot, he ran over two motorcycles belonging to defendant’s companions.…