Legal Opinion

State v. Kamai

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided November 30, 1995No. 1 CA-CR 94-0484PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Presiding Judge.

Gordon Kamai, the Defendant, appeals from his conviction of theft of an automobile. He argues that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of unlawful use of a means of transportation. He also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction and asserts that he is entitled to additional presentence incarceration credit. We find that the trial court should have given a lesser included offense instruction, and we therefore vacate the Defendant’s conviction and sentence and remand for a new…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Henry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
  2. State v. ChildsArizona Supreme Court · 1976
  3. State v. ScottArizona Supreme Court · 1993
  4. State v. ParsonsArizona Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Sandoval v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  3. State v. GarciaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2014
  4. State v. CottenCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2011
  5. State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1997

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