Court of Appeals of Arizona· 5/16/2000

State v. Cotton

Citations

5 P.3d 918
197 Ariz. 584
5 P.2d 918
321 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 19
2000 Ariz. App. LEXIS 73

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defining the issue on appeal as “whether a newborn child who dies from injuries inflicted while the child was in útero is a ‘person’ within the meaning of Arizona’s homicide statutes” (emphasis omitted)
distinguishing death of fetus from “death of a child who had been born”
infant who died twenty-four hours after birth from injuries sustained in útero when mother was shot in head was “person” within meaning of Arizona homicide statutes
courts should give words in a statute their ordinary common meaning unless the legislature has clearly expressed an intent to provide a term special meaning
a defendant’s changing story to deceive police “reflects a consciousness of guilt”
“Because the infant here was undeniably a ‘person’ at the time of her death a day after the shooting, it is irrelevant that the injuries that led to her death were inflicted while she was still in útero.” (emphasis omitted)

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Judges: Berch, Sult, Ehrlich

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