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Arizona Supreme Court· 6/15/1989

State v. Wallace

Citations

  • 773 P.2d 983
  • 160 Ariz. 424

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

  • severe beating with a pipe wrench, sufficient to fracture the victim’s skull, nose, and jaw, qualified as gratuitous violence when less violent means of killing available
  • “A difficult family background is a relevant mitigating circumstance if a defendant can show that something in that background had an effect or impact on his behavior that was beyond the defendant’s control.”
  • \A difficult family background is a relevant mitigating circumstance if a defendant can show that something in that background had an effect or impact on his behavior that was beyond the defendant's control.\
  • “A difficult family background is a relevant mitigating circumstance if a defendant can show that something in that background had an effect or impact on his behavior that was beyond the defendant’s control.”
  • “A difficult family background is a relevant mitigating circumstance if a defendant can show that something in that background had an effect or impact on his behavior that was beyond the defendant’s control.”
  • “A difficult family background is a relevant mitigating circumstance if a defendant can show that something in that background had an effect or impact on his behavior that was beyond the defendant’s control.”

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Judges: Gordon, Feldman, Cameron, Moeller, Ariz, Const, Fernandez, Corcoran

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