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State v. Mata

Citations

  • 609 P.2d 48
  • 125 Ariz. 233
  • 1980 Ariz. LEXIS 184

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a prosecutor’s remarks did not “support an unfavorable inference” when “the remarks were inadvertent and immediately corrected”
  • concluding that court’s communication with a juror “through the bailiff” was not “reversible” error
  • “The general rule in Arizona is that reversible error occurs when a trial judge communicates with jurors after they have retired to deliberate, unless defendant and counsel have been notified and given an opportunity to be present.”

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Judges: Gordon, Struckmeyer, Holohan, Hays, Cameron

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