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· 11/19/1996

State v. Soto-Fong

Citations

  • 928 P.2d 610
  • 187 Ariz. 186
  • 230 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 7
  • 1996 Ariz. LEXIS 119

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that the jury, not a reviewing court, determines whether evidence is credible (citation omitted)
  • noting that Woods testified that “the third murderer was ‘Martin,’ ‘the Mexican dude,’ who ‘used to work there[.]’”
  • noting that Woods testified that “the third murderer was ‘Martin,’ ‘the Mexican dude,’ who ‘used to work there[.]’”
  • stating that proof beyond a reasonable doubt of any one of the three components of the aggravating circumstance, cruelty, heinousness, or depravity, is sufficient to support a finding of the aggravating circumstance
  • stating that proof beyond a reasonable doubt of any one of the three components of the aggravating circumstance, cruelty, heinousness, or depravity, is sufficient to support a finding of the aggravating circumstance
  • determining that “once [Soto-Fong] made the tactical decision to introduce some of [the informant’s] testimony about [the conversation with the two alleged accomplices], he could not simultaneously preclude the state from introducing other evidence of that same conversation”

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Judges: Moeller, Feldman, Zlaket, Martone

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