Arizona Supreme Court· 3/2/1999

State v. Fulminante

Citations

975 P.2d 75
193 Ariz. 485
290 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 8
1999 Ariz. LEXIS 20

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stating that, in reviewing the record, we draw all reasonable inferences that support the verdict
stating that the defendant’s “false, misleading, and inconsistent statements to police,” and others, demonstrated the defendant’s “consciousness of guilt”
providing that evidence of a defendant’s mental state must typically be inferred from the “behaviors and other circumstances surrounding the event”
upholding capital conviction using similar standard after finding sufficient circumstantial evidence, taken as whole, to allow reasonable person to determine defendant’s guilt beyond reasonable doubt
observing that the defendant’s false and inconsistent statements showed consciousness of guilt
admitting murder victim’s statements she feared and disliked defendant insofar as they may minimally be relevant to show defendant’s motive, but ultimately reversing for admission of two other statements

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Judges: Feldman, Zlaket, Jones, Martone, McGregor

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