Legal Opinion

Merlina v. Jejna

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided May 18, 2004No. 1 CA-CV 03-0535PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LANKFORD, Judge.

¶ 1 Demi-Jon Merlina appeals from the superior court’s judgment denying special action relief. Merlina was charged in city court with three DUI offenses. He argued in the superior court that the charges were multiplicitous, prejudicial and violative of Rule 13.2, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure. For the following reasons, we affirm the court’s denial of relief.

¶2 The pertinent facts are as follows. Merlina was charged with DUI having a BAC of .15 or greater in violation of Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 28-1382 (Supp.2003); DUI having a BAC of .08 or…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Ohio v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. United States v. Russell Reed, James S. Doyle, and Thomas Francis RyanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
  5. State v. CelayaArizona Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  3. Stoudamire v. State of ArizonaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2006
  4. State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2008
  5. State of Arizona v. Xavier Hipolito EstrellaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2012

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