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STATE v. PORRAS

No. 1 CA-CR 3967.

125 Ariz. 490 (1980)

610 P.2d 1051

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Guadalupe Najera PORRAS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department C.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1980.

Review Denied May 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen., by William J. Schafer, III, Chief Counsel, Criminal Division, Asst. Atty. Gen., Barbara A. Jarrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Marks, Shea & Wilks by Philip J. Shea, Phoenix, for appellant.

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...

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