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State v. Garcia

Citations

  • 28 P.3d 327
  • 200 Ariz. 471
  • 351 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 10
  • 2001 Ariz. App. LEXIS 104

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that reversal is not warranted if court can say beyond a reasonable doubt that omitted jury instruction did not contribute to verdict, and affirming because undisputed evidence proved missing element
  • noting that “the potential for unfairness [was] particularly high” in a case where “many very young victims . . . each testif[ied] to multiple uncharged molestations,” and where the trial judge admitted the uncharged acts as proof of the defendant’s character
  • noting that “the potential for unfairness [was] particularly high” in a case where “many very young victims . . . each testif[ied] to multiple uncharged molestations,” and where the trial judge admitted the uncharged acts as proof of the defendant’s character
  • \[t]he trial court . . . did not undertake a 403 analysis. . . .\
  • “[A] defendant’s aberrant sexual propensity might be proved by admitting evidence of similar acts committed near in time to the offense charged.”
  • “[t]he trial court ... did not undertake a 403 analysis ____”

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Judges: Fidel, Toci, Sult

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