Legal Opinion

State of Arizona v. Powers

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided May 23, 2001No. 2 CA-CR 00-0117PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Appellant Dustin Powers pled guilty to one count of leaving the scene of an accident and was convicted after a bench trial of a second count of leaving the scene of an accident arising from the same incident. He challenges the second conviction, claiming he left the scene of only one accident and could not therefore be twice convicted of the same offense. He also contends the trial court erred at sentencing by denying him a continuance and admitting improper evidence. Finding that only one offense occurred, we vacate the second conviction. But we find no…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Ohio v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. State v. BoltonArizona Supreme Court · 1995
  4. State v. GulbrandsonArizona Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. BeatyArizona Supreme Court · 1988

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. State v. HarmCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2015
  2. State v. BoxCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2003
  3. Lemke v. RayesCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2006
  4. State of Arizona v. Samkeita Jahveh JurdenArizona Supreme Court · 2016
  5. State v. SiddleCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2002

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