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State v. Nast

COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF ARIZONA DIVISION ONE Department D
Apr 3, 2012
1 CA-CR 11-0610 (Ariz. Ct. App. Apr. 3, 2012)

Opinion

1 CA-CR 11-0610

04-03-2012

STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee, v. RUSSELL ROBERT NAST, JR., Appellant.

Thomas C. Horne, Attorney General By Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel Criminal Appeals Section Attorneys for Appellee James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender By Terry J. Adams, Deputy Public Defender Attorneys for Appellant


NOTICE: THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED

EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE RULES.

See Ariz. R. Supreme Court 111(c); ARCAP 28(c);

Ariz. R. Crim. P. 31.24


MEMORANDUM DECISION

(Not for Publication-Rule 111, Rules of the Arizona Supreme Court)


Appeal from the Superior Court of Maricopa County


Cause No. CR2010-168284-001DT


Stephen P. Lynch, Commissioner


AFFIRMED

Thomas C. Horne, Attorney General

By Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel

Criminal Appeals Section

Attorneys for Appellee

Phoenix

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender

By Terry J. Adams, Deputy Public Defender

Attorneys for Appellant

Phoenix

THOMPSON, Judge

¶1 This case comes to us as an appeal under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Leon, 104 Ariz. 297, 451 P.2d 878 (1969). Counsel for Russell Robert Nast, Jr. (defendant) has advised us that, after searching the entire record, he has been unable to discover any arguable questions of law and has filed a brief requesting this court conduct an Anders review of the record. Defendant has been afforded an opportunity to file a supplemental brief in propia persona, and he has not done so.

¶2 Defendant, an adult over the age of eighteen, was charged with aggravated assault on a minor, a class 6 felony after he was accused of repeatedly rubbing victim's leg above her knee while driving the victim and her friend to Walmart. Victim was thirteen at the time and had stayed the night at her friend's house, where defendant resided. The rubbing scared victim and she called her parents immediately after getting into the Walmart. Victim's twelve-year old friend witnessed the rubbing and during the incident received texts from victim about how scared she was. Victim testified that the prior evening defendant made her uncomfortable by talking about sex. When victim's parents arrived at Walmart, victim was crying; victim's mother made an immediate report to a police officer located in the parking lot.

¶3 Defendant knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to a jury trial in order to have the charge dropped to a class one misdemeanor. Defendant testified at trial that the truck he had taken the girls to Walmart in had a small bench seat and he may have touched victim's knee while shifting gears. Defendant was convicted and he received a suspended sentence with one year of intensive supervised probation. He was sentenced to forty-eight days in jail with credit for time served. Defendant timely appealed.

¶3 We have read and considered counsel's brief and have searched the entire record for reversible error. See Leon, 104 Ariz. at 300, 451 P.2d at 881. We find none. All of the proceedings were conducted in compliance with the Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure, and the sentence imposed was within the statutory limits. Pursuant to State v. Shattuck, 140 Ariz. 582, 584-85, 684 P.2d 154, 156-57 (1984), defendant's counsel's obligations in this appeal are at an end.

¶4 We affirm the conviction and sentence.

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JON W. THOMPSON, Judge
CONCURRING:

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PETER B. SWANN, Presiding Judge

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MICHAEL J. BROWN, Judge


Summaries of

State v. Nast

COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF ARIZONA DIVISION ONE Department D
Apr 3, 2012
1 CA-CR 11-0610 (Ariz. Ct. App. Apr. 3, 2012)
Case details for

State v. Nast

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee, v. RUSSELL ROBERT NAST, JR., Appellant.

Court:COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF ARIZONA DIVISION ONE Department D

Date published: Apr 3, 2012

Citations

1 CA-CR 11-0610 (Ariz. Ct. App. Apr. 3, 2012)