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State v. Jimenez

Citations

  • 799 P.2d 785
  • 165 Ariz. 444
  • 67 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 3
  • 1990 Ariz. LEXIS 208

How courts have described this case

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  • warning that, when considering a juvenile confession, the greatest care must be taken to ensure that “it was not the product of ignorance of rights or of adolescent fantasy, fright or despair”
  • when voices told defendant to kill he could not control what he was doing
  • defendant suffered from psychotic illness, experienced hallucinations, and heard voices
  • defendant “murdered a helpless [five-year-old] child who trusted him”
  • same for kidnapping and murder

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Judges: Corcoran, Gordon, Feldman, Cameron, Moeller

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