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State v. Hall

Citations

  • 65 P.3d 90
  • 204 Ariz. 442
  • 396 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 3
  • 2003 Ariz. LEXIS 27

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that although the victim’s body was never recovered, sufficient circumstantial evidence was admitted to establish the corpus delicti in a first-degree murder case
  • stating that a defendant bears the burden of establishing that jurors “received and considered extrinsic evidence”
  • discussing the corpus delicti rule and holding that the State had established the corpus delicti in a first-degree murder case
  • explaining evidence supporting an inference of the corpus delicti can be circumstantial in a case involving evidence of a confession or admission
  • only when suspect invokes right to counsel is state precluded from reinitiating questioning without an attorney
  • “[P]hysical evidence is not required to sustain a conviction if the totality of the circumstances demonstrates guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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Judges: Berch, Jones, McGregor, Feldman, Ryan

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