Arizona Supreme Court· 8/26/1997

State v. Lee

Citations

944 P.2d 1204
189 Ariz. 590
250 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 24
1997 Ariz. LEXIS 97

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holding that “[t]o justify reversal based on [the trial court’s error in denying severance], [the] court must find the trial court clearly abused its discretion”
finding that defendants descriptions of his involvement in different murders satisfied the clear and convincing standard for admissibility of the murders under Rule 404(b)
noting that any error “will not justify reversal if the evidence of other crimes would have been admissible at separate trials under Rule 404(b)”
finding that the evidence did not demonstrate violence beyond that necessary to kill when the record did not establish the time between the four gunshot wounds or the order in which the shots were fired
finding insufficient evidence of gratuitous violence when victim was hit four times by nine gunshots and record did not indicate time between gunshots or order in which they were fired
explaining unfair prejudice results only when “the evidence has an undue tendency to suggest decision on an improper basis”

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Judges: Jones, Zlaket, Feldman, Moeller, Martone

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