State v. Gerlaugh

How courts have described this case

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• holding gruesome and inflammatory evidence may be admitted if it is material to some aspect of the case so long as it is not admitted for the sole purpose of inflaming the jury
• considering a codefen-dant's statement in determining corpus delicti although that statement \could not be considered by the jury to determine appellant’s guilt\
• “[I]n Arizona, first-degree murder is only one crime whether it is premeditated murder or a felony murder.”
• victim still alive after defendant ran over him with his automobile several times
• victim still alive after defendant ran over him with his automobile several times
• “[T]he order of proof is within the discretion of the trial court. When the corpus delicti is later established, a variation in the order of proof does not constitute prejudice to the defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).