Arizona Supreme Court· 7/31/1990

State v. Hinchey

Citations

799 P.2d 352
165 Ariz. 432
66 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 10
1990 Ariz. LEXIS 206

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holding that endangerment does not “involve, by statutory definition, the use or threat of violence as a necessary element”
finding that once defendant raises insanity as a defense, evidence of prior bad acts falls outside of the limitations of Rule 404(b
finding especially heinous or depraved circumstance where defendant used more force than necessary to kill victim by using multiple instruments to inflict wounds
finding gratuitous violence when after shooting the victim twice in the face, the defendant later returned and beat the victim over the head with a bottle and then went to the kitchen and got a knife and stabbed the victim several times
absent contrary proof, trial judge presumed to evaluate only relevant sentencing factors or to set aside the irrelevant, inflammatory, and emotional
prior conviction did not qualify as § 13-703(F)(2) aggravating circumstance based on statutory elements of endangerment

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Judges: Gordon, Feldman, Moeller, Truman, Cameron, Corcoran, Ariz, Const, Kleinschmidt, County

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