State v. Simpson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the statute governing child molestation did not require the state to prove the act was motivated by sexual intent
• interpreting lack of sexual motivation as affirmative defense and concluding such motivation not described as element of statutory offense
• reaffirming the allocation of the burden of proof under § 13-1410 and § 13- 1407(E)
• “Trial courts are required to follow the decisions of a higher court....”
• defendant has burden of proving defense by preponderance of evidence
• describing 1993 amendment as significant departure from previous language

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Arizona v. Jerry Charles Holle
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2016-09-13· cited 57×
• State of Arizona v. Raul Herrera III
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2013-08-05· cited 38×
• May v. Ryan
  D. Arizona· 2017-03-28· cited 23×
• State of Arizona v. Jerry Charles Holle
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2015-09-16· cited 10×
• State of Arizona v. Oscar Castillo Mendoza
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2014-03-14· cited 8×
• State v. Herrera
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-12-27· cited 5×
• Batty v. Az Medical Brd
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2022-05-10
• Bieganski v. Shinn
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-08-12

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Henderson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2005-07-08· cited 1,009×
• State v. Reynolds
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-01-07· cited 64×
• In Re Pima County Juvenile Appeal No. 74802-2
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1990-04-04· cited 57×
• State v. Robles
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2006-05-25· cited 52×
• State v. Getz
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1997-08-14· cited 46×
• State v. Stevens
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1992-12-24· cited 40×
• State v. Hanson
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1983-06-27· cited 35×
• State v. Farley
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2001-04-03· cited 32×
• State v. Sanderson
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-04-04· cited 30×
• State v. Vandever
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2005-09-13· cited 30×
• State v. Lujan
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1998-10-22· cited 28×
• State v. Sandoval
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-07-29· cited 23×
• In Re James P.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2007-03-01· cited 19×
• State v. Trenary
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1955-11-22· cited 16×
• In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JV-121430
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1992-10-08· cited 12×
• State v. Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1980-12-30· cited 8×
• State v. Garnica
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-09-28· cited 8×
• In Re Jerry C.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2007-01-25· cited 8×