STATE v. LEOTA

No. 1 CA-CR 22-0463.

538 P.3d 1040 (2023)

STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Christina LEOTA, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

Filed October 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yavapai County Attorney's Office, Prescott, By Scott W. Blake , Counsel for Appellant.

DM Cantor, Phoenix, By Courtney R. Sullivan , Counsel for Appellee.

Judge Paul J. McMurdie delivered the Court's opinion, in which Presiding Judge D. Steven Williams and Judge Samuel A. Thumma joined.


OPINION

¶1 The State appeals from an order dismissing with prejudice its case against the defendant, Christina Leota. Because the prejudice found by the court—emotional suffering and financial harm—is legally insufficient alone to dismiss a case with prejudice for a Rule 8 violation, we vacate the order...

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