Arizona Supreme Court· 12/30/1929

MacIas v. State

Citations

283 P. 711
36 Ariz. 140
1929 Ariz. LEXIS 107

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holding that first degree murder requires proof that “a plan to murder was formed after the matter had been made a subject of deliberation and reflection”
“In order that a killing shall be murder in the first degree ... it must be shown that a plan to murder was formed after the matter had been made a subject of deliberation and reflection....”
\In order that a killing shall be murder in the first degree ... it must be shown that a plan to murder was formed after the matter had been made a subject of deliberation and reflection....\
a man who is a trespasser and in a place where he has no right to be may not stand his ground and slay his assailant and still claim self-defense, when by leaving such place he might avoid the conflict
a man who is a trespasser and in a place where he has no right to be may not stand his ground and slay his assailant and still claim self-defense, when by leaving such place he might avoid the conflict
a man who is a trespasser and in a place where he has no right to be may not stand his ground and slay his assailant, and still claim self-defense, when by leaving such place he might avoid the conflict

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Judges: Lockwood

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