State v. Cody M.
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming Defendant's conviction, holding that Defendant's conviction of two counts of violating a standing criminal protective order did not violate Defendant's right against double jeopardy and that any possible instructional error in the trial court's definition of "harassing" was harmless.
Defendant was convicted of two counts of criminal violation of a standing protective order, one count of threatening in the second degree, and one count of threatening in the second degree. The convictions arose from a series of statements Defendant made to the person protected by the order during a court hearing. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Defendant's two convictions for violation of a standing criminal protective order did not violate the constitutional protection against double jeopardy; and (2) even if this Court were to assume that Defendant's allegations of instructional error were valid, any impropriety was harmless.
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