Legal Opinion

State v. Laughter

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided August 5, 1980No. 1 CA-CR 4051PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

Appellant, Ronald Jacob Laughter, was convicted of armed robbery in violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-1902 and 13-1904, and sentenced to a presumptive term of 15.75 years imprisonment under A.R.S. § 13-604(D). We reverse.

On appeal, three issues are presented:

1) Was appellant’s consent to search his automobile involuntary because of oppressive circumstances;

2) Was it error for the trial court to refuse to give appellant’s requested instruction that armed robbery requires that the victim be actually in fear or have a reasonable fear that the robber was armed; and

3) Was appellant…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. United States v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Husty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  5. State v. BengeArizona Supreme Court · 1974

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. State v. StanleyArizona Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Pueblo v. Acevedo EscobarSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1982
  3. State v. Garza RodriguezArizona Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Stamper v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. SchadArizona Supreme Court · 1984

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