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· 6/14/1983

State v. Grilz

Citations

  • 666 P.2d 1059
  • 136 Ariz. 450
  • 1983 Ariz. LEXIS 203

How courts have described this case

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

  • discussing and applying presumptions from civil cases in a criminal context
  • once a defendant produces evidence sufficient to raise reasonable doubt as to sanity, the presumption disappears entirely
  • presumption of sanity “vanishes once [defendant] presents sufficient evidence to raise a reasonable doubt as to sanity”
  • Photo of crime scene showing victims and scene admissible because depicted physical lay-out of crime scene
  • “We view presumptions as procedural, rather than evidentiary, concepts.“

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Judges: Gordon, Holohan, Hays, Cameron, Feldman

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