Legal Opinion
State v. Porras
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 28, 1980No. 1 CA-CR 3967PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACOBSON, Judge.
The issue presented in this appeal is whether in the prosecution of a “hit and run” violation under A.R.S. § 28-661 (leaving the scene of an accident where injury to a person results) the state is required to prove knowledge by the defendant that an injury occurred.
The defendant, Guadalupe Najera Porras, was charged and convicted, after a trial to the court, of the misdemeanor offense of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury to another person in violation of A.R.S. § 28-661. She appeals, contending that the trial court failed to consider her defense that the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
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