State v. Moreno

¶1 — The constitutional protection against double jeopardy is not offended if the legislature intends cumulative punishments for two or more offenses.1 At issue here is whether the legislature intended to punish separately both felony violation of a no-contact order and third degree assault, where the former crime is based, in part, on the latter. Because legislative intent clearly indicates that separate punishments for violations of these two criminal statutes were intended, we hold that there is no double jeopardy violation. There being no other error requiring reversal, we affirm the…