Legal Opinion
State v. Rasabout
Utah Supreme Court
Decided August 14, 2015No. Case No. 20130430PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice PARRISH,
opinion of the Court:
INTRODUCTION
[1 Andy Rasabout fired twelve shots at a house in a gang-related drive-by shooting,. A jury convicted him of twelve felony counts of unlawful discharge of a firearm, in violation of Utah Code section 76-10-508. The trial *1261court merged the twelve counts into one, but the court of appeals reversed. We granted Mr. Rasabout's petition for certiorari and now affirm the ruling of the court of appeals, holding that the allowable unit of prosecution for unlawful discharge of a firearm is each discrete shot.
BACKGROUND
12 Mr. Rasabout is a member of the…
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