Legal Opinion

State v. Ramos

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided July 22, 2014No. 1 CA-CR 13-0076PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

¶ 1 Rodolfo Marquez Ramos appeals from his convictions and sentences for conducting a chop shop and theft of a means of transportation, and raises several claims of prosecuto-rial misconduct. Although the prosecutor improperly commented on Ramos’s failure to testify, we conclude the error, while fundamental, was not prejudicial. We therefore affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 R.H. left her home one evening to stay overnight elsewhere. As she was leaving, R.H. saw her mother’s car parked next to the curb in front of their home. When R.H. returned home the following afternoon, she noticed…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. State v. HendersonArizona Supreme Court · 2005
  5. United States v. David Dominic NecoecheaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by21 opinions

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