Byram v. State
Byram v. State
Opinion of the Court
Nicholas Byram ("Byram") appeals his convictions and sentences on four grounds, only one of which merits discussion. He contends the trial court fundamentally erred by violating his double jeopardy rights through his separate convictions for resisting arrest with and without violence.
Byram was convicted on, among other charges, one count of resisting arrest with violence and one count of resisting arrest without violence. Because a defendant's continuous resistance to an ongoing attempt to effect his arrest can be convicted only as one count of resisting arrest, we reverse. See Johnson v. State ,
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED with instructions.
B.L. Thomas, C.J., and Rowe and M.K. Thomas, JJ., concur.
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