Legal Opinion
Calder v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1980No. 4293PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.
This appeal presents two double jeopardy 1 questions. Lance Calder pled nolo con-tendere in district court to a charge of reckless driving,2 committed while he was trying to evade the police. In connection with the same incident, he was also charged with assault with a dangerous weapon,3 as a result of driving his automobile into a police officer who was pursuing him. Calder was convicted by a jury of the lesser included offense of reckless driving. He claims that the dual conviction and dual sentences violated his constitutional right against double jeopardy.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Whitton v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. CurrieSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
- Davis v. Dennis B.California Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Adams v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2011
- Iyapana v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2012
- Brakes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1990
- Hughes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1983
- Walker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1983
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