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State v. Collins

Citations

  • 528 P.2d 829
  • 111 Ariz. 303
  • 1974 Ariz. LEXIS 422

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  • defendant could be convicted and sentenced for first degree murder and armed robbery, even though defendant did not actually shoot victim
  • evidence of defendant’s heroin addiction relevant to show defendant’s motive to commit robbery to obtain heroin
  • “[E]vidence of another offense which tends to prove a motive for the present offense is admissible.”
  • evidence of defendant’s heroin addiction held admissible in armed robbery-murder conviction
  • involved prosecution for felony murder under A.R.S. § 13-451

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Judges: Holohan, Hays, Cameron, Struckmeyer, Lockwood

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