Legal Opinion

State v. Hunter

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided September 20, 1984No. 5466-2PublishedCited by 150 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYS, Justice.

On October 20, 1981, appellant, Michael Allen Hunter, was found guilty of first degree murder and unlawful use of a means of transportation. On appeal to this court, appellant challenged the murder conviction but not the unlawful use of a means of transportation conviction. See State v. Hunter, 136 Ariz. 45, 664 P.2d 195 (1983). We reversed the judgment of conviction and sentence for murder and remanded the case for a new trial because the trial court gave an incomplete motive instruction and failed to give a so-called Willits instructions, see State v. Willits, 96 Ariz. 184,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Lakeside v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. State v. WillitsArizona Supreme Court · 1964
  3. State v. MinceyArizona Supreme Court · 1981
  4. State v. HunterArizona Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. LibbertonArizona Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by150 opinions

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  2. State v. BibleArizona Supreme Court · 1993
  3. State v. NewellArizona Supreme Court · 2006
  4. State v. RoqueArizona Supreme Court · 2006
  5. State v. MorrisArizona Supreme Court · 2007

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