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State v. Casey

Citations

  • 71 P.3d 351
  • 205 Ariz. 359
  • 2003 Ariz. LEXIS 84

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the power to create affirmative defenses lies with the legislature
  • stating that interpretation of the state constitution is the courts’ province
  • statutes are presumed to be constitutional, and party challenging statute must show it infringes on constitu tional guarantee or violates constitutional principle
  • clauses in Arizona Constitution usually interpreted in conformity with similar clauses of United States Constitution
  • burden of persuasion on affirmative defenses “may fall on either the government or the defendant, as determined by statute or court decision”
  • statutes are presumed to be constitutional, and party challenging statute must show it infringes on constitutional guarantee or violates constitutional principle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Jones, McGregor, O'Neil, Berch, Ryan, Arizona, Howard, County, Feldman

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