Arizona Supreme Court· 7/9/1996

State v. Laird

Citations

920 P.2d 769
186 Ariz. 203
220 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 15
1996 Ariz. LEXIS 74

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holding that a mistrial was not warranted where, “[i]n light of the significant amount of evidence implicating [the defendant],” a witness’ statements likely did not “add[] anything to the jury’s consideration of the case”
noting that failure to properly renew motion to sever pursuant to Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 13.4(c) results in fundamental error review on appeal of severance issues
rejecting the G.l factor because, for a defendant with serious mental problems, he still understood the significance of his actions
concluding unsolicited statements referring to the defendant’s probation and detention status were such “a brief and tiny part of extensive trial testimony” that the superior court’s remedy of striking the answers and instructing the jury to disregard them was “adequate”
finding no reasonable probability that the jury was influenced by isolated testimony that was not mentioned again
finding the evidence so strong, and the defense so incredible, that the court could say with certainty that the defendant was not denied a fair trial

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Judges: Martone, Feldman, Zlaket, Moeller, Jones

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