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· 3/24/1987

State Ex Rel. McDougall v. Corcoran

Citations

  • 735 P.2d 767
  • 153 Ariz. 157
  • 1987 Ariz. LEXIS 150

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that such evidence is admissible against the defendant
  • holding that such evidence is admissible against the defendant
  • finding comments on defendant’s failure to produce 4 STATE v. GARCIA Decision of the Court evidence was a permissible response to defendant’s arguments about the sufficiency of the investigation
  • prosecutor’s comments on failure to present evidence do not shift burden of proof to defendant absent comment on defendant’s silence
  • cautionary instruction that defendant was not required to produce any evidence or prove his innocence was sufficient to cure any harm
  • prosecutor was permitted to comment on defendant’s failure to produce evidence concerning an independent breath test when defendant challenged the accuracy of the State’s test results

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Judges: Holohan, Gordon, Feldman, Cameron, Moeller

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