STATE v. JURDEN

No. CR-15-0236-PR.

373 P.3d 543 (2016)

239 Ariz. 526

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Samkeita Jahveh JURDEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed July 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, John R. Lopez IV , Solicitor General, Joseph T. Maziarz , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, Christopher M. DeRose (argued), Special Assistant Attorney General for Appeals, Criminal Appeals Section, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, Jeffrey L. Force (argued), Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for Samkeita Jahveh Jurden.

JUSTICE BOLICK authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER, and JUSTICES BRUTINEL and TIMMER joined.


¶ 1 We granted review to determine whether multiple convictions under Arizona's resisting arrest statute, A.R.S. § 13-508, that arise from a single, uninterrupted course of conduct constitute multiple convictions for the same offense in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause. We hold that, regardless...

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