Legal Opinion

State v. Gordon

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided July 18, 1989No. CR-86-0323-APPublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.

Anthony Gordon (defendant) appeals from convictions for burglary, kidnapping, and sexual assault. He makes two challenges: first, the trial court wrongly enhanced his sentences under A.R.S. § 13-604.02 by allowing the jury to find that his fists constituted dangerous instruments under A.R.S. § 13-105(8); second, the trial court erred by imposing consecutive instead of concurrent sentences. He contends because the charges arose from the same act, A.R.S. § 13-116 requires concurrent sentences.

Because defendant received a life sentence, we have jurisdiction under…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Illinois v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. People v. CassidyNew York Court of Appeals · 1976

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3Cited by78 opinions

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