STATE v. RUSHTON

No. 20150737.

395 P.3d 92 (2017)

2017 UT 21

STATE of Utah, Respondent, v. David M. RUSHTON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Filed April 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. Reyes , Att'y Gen., Marian Decker , Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.

Joanna E. Landau , Salt Lake City, for petitioner.

Associate Chief Justice Lee filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Chief Justice Durrant joined.


INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This case clarifies the interpretation of the phrase "single criminal objective" in the context of the mandatory joinder statute, UTAH CODE § 76-1-401, which prohibits the State from prosecuting a defendant in separate actions for "conduct [that] may establish separate offenses...

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