State v. Steinle ex rel. County of Maricopa

CHIEF JUSTICE BALES,

opinion of the Court:

¶ 1 We here consider the admissibility of an excerpt from a cellphone video recorded by a witness to a stabbing. Because the trial court erred in excluding this evidence on the grounds the court identified, we vacate the lower courts’ rulings but remand to allow the trial court to consider, in the first instance, whether the excerpt should be excluded under Arizona Rule of Evidence 403.

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¶ 2 A house party ended with a street fight. Witnesses said that Alejandra Moran and L.U. fought verbally and physically for several minutes before L.U. was stabbed.…