Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1/17/2002

State v. Blackman

Citations

38 P.3d 1192
201 Ariz. 527
365 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 11
2002 Ariz. App. LEXIS 3

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noting that the trial court appropriately instructed the jurors that they were not to consider punishment in reaching their verdict
holding a court “need not remove jurors who ultimately assure the trial court that they can be fair and impartial.”
permitting joint trial where jury instructed statement was “admitted against [declarant] only, and is not to be considered ... as evidence against any of the other defendants”
“Although counsel may not comment on matters not in evidence before the jury, they may argue reasonable inferences from the evidence presented at trial.”
The trial court is in the best position to assess the effect of an argument.
“The State may comment that facts in the case are uncontradicted unless the defendant is or appears to be ‘the only one who could explain or contradict the evidence offered by the state.’”

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Judges: Berch, Fidel, Patterson

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