Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 1966No. 1673PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERNSTEIN, Vice Chief Justice.
The defendant appeals from a conviction of first degree burglary under A.R.S. § 13-302 rendered in the Superior Court of Maricopa County. Statements made by the prosecution during closing arguments relating to possible reasons that the defendant did not take the witness stand form the basis for this appeal.
During the course of trial the counsel for the defense made the following statement:
“Now this is bound to come out, so I will méntion it at this time. I know that especially any of you who are jurors in a criminal case for the first time are wondering why the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State v. EvansArizona Supreme Court · 1960
- State v. GortarezArizona Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by33 opinions
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