Arizona Supreme Court· 9/26/1995

State v. Williams

Citations

904 P.2d 437
183 Ariz. 368
1995 Ariz. LEXIS 96
200 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 11

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recognizing defendant may have had other reasons for his actions, but noting alternative explanations go to weight of evidence, not admissibility
noting that prior acts of aggression were properly admitted because they showed the defendant’s animosity toward the victim
explaining that the right to a speedy trial only attaches after an indictment has been returned
noting that reliance on ineligible conviction is “immaterial” when another conviction suffices
holding, “absent evidence to the contrary,” an appellate court presumes a trial judge “is capable of focusing on the relevant sentencing factors and setting aside the irrelevant, inflammatory, and emotional factors”
noting possible alternative explanations for why a defendant might shoot someone rather than to conceal a crime would go to the weight of the evidence and not to its admissibility

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Judges: Moeller, Feldman, Corcoran, Zlaket, Martone

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