Legal Opinion
State v. Jessen
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1982No. 4982-2PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment of guilt to the crime of manslaughter, A.R.S. § 13-1103, and a sentence of seven and one-half years in prison. A.R.S. § 13-702. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3), A.R.S. § 13-4035, and Rule 47(e)(5), Rules of the Supreme Court, 17A A.R.S.
We must answer the following issues on appeal:
1. Was denial of the defendant’s request for a voluntariness hearing on his confessions at his second trial error when the voluntariness hearing had been waived at his first trial?
2. Was the court’s refusal to allow the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. OwenArizona Supreme Court · 1964
- State v. JessenArizona Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. SimoneauArizona Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. HardingArizona Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. FullerArizona Supreme Court · 1985
- State v. KerrCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1984
- State v. PetersonCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2011
- Murphy v. SUPER. CT. IN & FOR MARICOPA COUNTYArizona Supreme Court · 1984
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