Firestone v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Shearing, C. J.:

This appeal raises the issue of whether a defendant may be convicted of multiple counts of leaving the scene of an accident when there is more than one victim in a single accident. We conclude that NRS 484.219 allows only one charge of leaving the scene of a single accident, regardless of the number of victims. *15Therefore, we vacate two of Ronald Firestone’s convictions for leaving the scene of an accident.

FACTS

The State charged Firestone with three felony counts of leaving the scene of an accident. Firestone pleaded not guilty, and the case went to jury…