State v. Fields

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the superior court abused its discretion when ordering the State to allow defendants access to the crime lab because defendants failed to show substantial need for such evidence
• explaining a superior court abuses its discretion in a discovery ruling if it misapplies the law or relies on irrational grounds
• under Rule 15.1(e), providing for additional material or information “not otherwise covered by Rule 15.1,” the person seeking disclosure bears the burden of proof to obtain disclosure
• information is discoverable if “it could lead to admissible evidence or would be admissible itself”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Jackson
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-05-28· cited 38×
• State v. Bejarano
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2008-12-12· cited 30×
• State Ex Rel. Montgomery v. Karp
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2014-10-09· cited 15×
• State v. Kellywood
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2018-12-12· cited 8×
• State v. Simon
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-02-16· cited 5×
• State v. Olcan
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2003-01-28· cited 5×
• State v. Bernstein
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2014-01-14· cited 4×
• Carrillo v. Houser
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2009-09-01· cited 2×
• State of Arizona v. Anthony Sanchez Bejarano
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2008-12-12
• State of Arizona v. John William Jackson
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-05-28
• State of Arizona v. Jimenez Llinas Medina Rogers Sirnio Tanner
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-02-16
• State of Arizona v. Erica Lea Daughters-White, Sean Aaron Johnson, John Clifton Livingston ...
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2009-10-27
• rs/se v. Hon. thompson/vanders
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2019-11-21
• State v. Hon hannah/harris
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2020-12-31
• Lopez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2025-11-18

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Hatton
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1977-07-06· cited 85×
• State v. Dumaine
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1989-11-07· cited 81×
• State v. Mauro
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1988-12-01· cited 75×
• State v. Tankersley
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1998-03-13· cited 52×
• State v. Kevil
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1974-10-17· cited 39×
• Blazek v. Superior Court
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-02-22· cited 39×
• State v. Prewitt
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1969-03-28· cited 35×
• State v. O'NEIL
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1991-12-10· cited 14×
• State v. SUPERIOR COURT, ETC.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-05-26· cited 12×
• State v. Cano
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1987-07-21· cited 8×
• Bettlyoun v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1977-03-29· cited 7×
• State v. Superior Court, in & for County of Maricopa
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1971-07-28· cited 6×