Legal Opinion
State v. Rhodes
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1975No. 2615-2PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NABOURS, Superior Court Judge.
The defendant, Jeannie Lou Rhodes, was originally convicted of first degree murder in the death by strangulation of her mother. She was sentenced to life imprisonment. She appealed that conviction and in the case of State v. Rhodes, 110 Ariz. 237, 517 P.2d 507 (1974), this Court reversed and remanded the cause for a new trial as the prosecutor had made a direct comment on the defendant’s failure to take the witness stand.
After a new trial was held, a jury convicted the defendant of second degree murder and she was given a sentence of thirty years to life. From…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State v. BeardenArizona Supreme Court · 1965
- United States v. James Allen HiblerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- State v. FerrariArizona Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- State v. ShafferUtah Supreme Court · 1986
- State v. TreadawayArizona Supreme Court · 1977
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