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State v. Hinton

Citations

  • 601 P.2d 338
  • 123 Ariz. 575
  • 1979 Ariz. App. LEXIS 586

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  • “It . . . cannot be said that the filing of the higher charge had no effect upon the defendant’s ability to defend the case”
  • mere ineptitude in filing the lower charge in the first place does not justify a subsequent charge of a more serious crime
  • The presumption may be rebutted by proof of “intervening circumstances or events or of new evidence which the government was excusably unaware at the time of the first charge.”
  • The presumption may be rebutted by proof of “intervening circumstances or events or of new evidence which the govern men t was ex cusab ly unaware at the time of the first ch arge.”

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Judges: Schroeder, Ogg, Jacobson

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