Legal Opinion

State v. Martinez

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided August 16, 2012No. 1 CA-CR 11-0296PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GOULD, Judge.

¶ 1 Leonel Martinez appeals his conviction and resulting sentence imposed for one count of unlawful flight. Martinez argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict and that he was denied due process and a fair trial by the improper admission of opinion testimony regarding his truthfulness. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 At about 6:30 in the evening on November 15, 2007, Officer Shipley pulled over a black Chevy pick-up truck headed westbound on Virginia near 7th Street in Phoenix. Officer Shipley was…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State v. HendersonArizona Supreme Court · 2005
  2. State v. NewellArizona Supreme Court · 2006
  3. State v. MoranArizona Supreme Court · 1986
  4. State v. ThomasArizona Supreme Court · 1981
  5. State v. DoerrArizona Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by6 opinions

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