2001 UT App 205 - State v. Casey’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “A defendant may be prosecuted in a single criminal action for all separate offenses arising out of a single criminal episode; however, when the same act of a defendant under a single criminal episode shall establish offenses which may be punished in different ways under different provisions of this code, the act shall be punishable under only one such provision; an acquittal or conviction and sentence under any such provision bars a prosecution under any other such provision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Chukes

2. “[eclonduct does not constitute a substantial step [toward the commission of an offense] unless it is strongly corroborative of the actor's intent to commit the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Casey

3. “Vigil explicitly allows a conviction [for attempted murder] for a 'knowing' mental state under”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Casey