Arizona Supreme Court· 10/22/1979

State v. Fierro

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603 P.2d 74
124 Ariz. 182
1979 Ariz. LEXIS 356

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expert testimony regarding Mexican Mafia gang was relevant to establish motive of murder defendant where another witness testified that defendant had been ordered by gang leader to kill victim
defendant’s acts of shooting the victim found to be cause of victim’s death where victim was subsequently placed on life support system for three days before system was turned off
“The removal of the life support systems was not the proximate cause of death, the gunshot wounds were, and it was not error to find that the defendant was the cause of the victim’s death.”
“The removal of the life support systems [where victim had suffered brain death] was not the proximate cause of death, the gunshot wounds were, and it was not error to find that the defendant was the cause of the victim’s death.”
removal of victim’s life support systems not superseding cause of death when injuries resulting from defendant’s conduct “cause death indirectly through a chain of natural effects and causes unchanged by human action” (quoting Drury v. Burr, 107 Ariz. 124, 126 (1971))

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Judges: Cameron, Struckmeyer, Hays, Holohan, Gordon

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