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State v. Whittle

Citations

  • 752 P.2d 489
  • 156 Ariz. 400
  • 1985 Ariz. App. LEXIS 885

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  • finding that defendant’s all-or-nothing strategy relieved the trial court of the requirement of instructing on lesser-included offense
  • finding that defendant's all-or-nothing strategy relieved the trial court of the requirement of instructing on lesser-included offense
  • “The legislature has classified [second-degree murder] as one offense which can be committed in three separate and distinct ways [depending upon the culpable mental state]....Although committable in three different ways, second-degree murder is one offense.”

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Judges: Hathaway, Lacagnina, Livermore

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