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State v. Dugan

Citations

  • 608 P.2d 771
  • 125 Ariz. 194
  • 1980 Ariz. LEXIS 183

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that a lesser-included instruction is proper only when the greater crime requires the jury to find a disputed factual element which is not required for conviction of the lesser crime
  • allowing an instruction for a lesser-included offense where the jury may weigh contradictory testimonies and believe parts of each
  • reviewing the record on appeal to determine whether evidence supported necessarily included offense instruction
  • instruction on lesser-included offense required when lesser crime included in offense charged
  • theft is a lesser included offense of robbery
  • jury may believe part of testimony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Struckmeyer, Holohan, Hays, Cameron, Gordon

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