Legal Opinion · Dissent

State v. Brahy

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided December 12, 1974No. 1 CA-CR 691Published

1DissentDonofrio, Presiding Judge

(dissenting)-

I find it necessary to respectfully dissent from the majority’s analysis, for it is my opinion that State v. Starsky, 106 Ariz. 329, 475 P.2d 943 (1970) has not ruled upon the question of this appeal and that the reasoning of Starsky has been changed by subsequent United States Supreme Court decisions. It is a rule of this jurisdiction that when subsequent interpretations of the United States Constitution by the U. S. Supreme Court render the position of the Arizona Supreme Court untenable, this Court is free to analyze its decision in light of those subsequent interpretations.…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Gooding v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Terminiello v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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