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· 12/12/1996

State v. Geotis

Citations

  • 930 P.2d 1324
  • 187 Ariz. 521
  • 231 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 35
  • 1996 Ariz. App. LEXIS 260

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that the double jeopardy prohibition of the Arizona Constitution is construed consistently with its federal counterpart
  • finding no Willits instruction warranted where the State never took possession of the evidence at issue and the defendant could have independently sought to obtain it
  • no abuse of discretion in denying Willits instruction where “there was no showing that [the evidentiary items at issue] were rendered inaccessible to defendant for his later use”

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Judges: Thompson, Fidel, Toci

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