State v. White

OPINION

CONTRERAS, Judge.

In this criminal appeal, we consider the question of whether the imposition of consecutive sentences on four of the five separately charged offenses for which appellant was convicted violates either the state or federal double jeopardy clauses or the Arizona double punishment statute, A.R.S. § 13-116. We conclude that there is no constitutional or statutory violation, and that the trial court properly imposed consecutive sentences. Appellant’s convictions and sentences are affirmed.

Appellant was involved in an accident in which four teenagers walking alongside the road…