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State v. Ayala

Citations

  • 873 P.2d 1307
  • 178 Ariz. 385
  • 156 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 66
  • 1994 Ariz. App. LEXIS 9

How courts have described this case

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  • reviewing a trial court’s decision to exclude evidence for “a clear, prejudicial abuse of discretion” (citations omitted)
  • To require reversal, the prejudice to the defendant from the trial court’s error “must be sufficient to create a reasonable doubt about whether the verdict might have been different.”
  • “Decisions on the admission and exclusion of evidence are left to the sound discretion of the trial court and will be reversed on appeal only when they constitute a clear, prejudicial abuse of discretion.”
  • “Decisions on the admission and exclusion of evidence are left to the sound discretion of the trial court, and will be reversed on appeal only when they constitute a clear, prejudicial abuse of discretion.”

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Judges: Voss, McGregor, Kleinschmidt

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