· 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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