State v. Champagne

Docket NumberCR-17-0425-AP
Decision Date07 August 2019

Get this document and AI-powered insights with a free trial of vLex and Vincent AI

Get Started for Free

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex
21 cases
  • State v. Robinson
    • United States
    • Arizona Supreme Court
    • May 24, 2022
    ... ... 352, 367 ¶ 56, 460 P.3d 1236, 1251 (2020) (aggravator narrowing challenge foreclosed by Hidalgo ); State v. Riley , 248 Ariz. 154, 195–97 ¶¶ 171–80, 459 P.3d 66, 107–109 (2020) (same); ( James C. ) Johnson , 247 Ariz. at 179 ¶¶ 7–8, 447 P.3d at 796 (same); State v. Champagne , 247 Ariz. 116, 139 ¶ 72, 447 P.3d 297, 320 (2019) (same); State v. Acuna Valenzuela , 245 Ariz. 197, 224 ¶ 121, 426 P.3d 1176, 1203 (2018) (same). Hidalgo "remains binding precedent"; therefore, for the reasons explained there, we reject Robinson's argument here. See Riley , 248 Ariz ... ...
  • State v. Johnson
    • United States
    • Arizona Supreme Court
    • August 23, 2019
    ... ... 3047, 111 L.Ed.2d 511 (1990), overruled on other grounds by Ring v. Arizona , 536 U.S. 584, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002). We have repeatedly rejected this argument in light of further narrowing instructions, as were provided here. See, e.g. , State v. Champagne , No. CR-17-0425-AP, ––– Ariz. ––––, ––––, 447 P.3d 297, 321–22, 2019 WL 3676317, at *15 ¶¶ 75–76 (Ariz. Aug. 7, 2019). ¶18 Johnson next argues the trial court’s narrowing instructions failed to provide sufficient guidance on whether Johnson’s murder exceeded the ... ...
  • State v. Smith
    • United States
    • Arizona Supreme Court
    • November 4, 2020
    ... ... We review a trial court's admission of evidence during the penalty phase for abuse of discretion and give "deference to a trial judge's determination of whether rebuttal evidence offered during the penalty phase is ‘relevant’ within the meaning of the statute." State v. Champagne , 247 Ariz. 116, 142 ¶ 87, 447 P.3d 297, 323 (2019) (quoting State v. McGill , 213 Ariz. 147, 156–57 ¶ 40, 140 P.3d 930, 939-40 (2006) ). "The threshold for relevance is a low one." State v. Leteve , 237 Ariz. 516, 529 ¶ 48, 354 P.3d 393, 406 (2015) (quoting Roque , 213 Ariz. at 221 ¶ ... ...
  • State v. Riley
    • United States
    • Arizona Supreme Court
    • March 10, 2020
    ... ... Courts may instruct a jury under these circumstances to minimize the risk that a jury will base its verdict on an erroneous legal assumption. See, e.g. , State v. Champagne , 247 Ariz. 116, 137 ¶ 60, 447 P.3d 297, 318 (2019) (holding the trial court did not commit instructional error when, "without the voluntary intoxication instruction the jury could have rejected [defendant]’s claim of innocence but improperly concluded that his voluntary intoxication prevented ... ...
  • Get Started for Free
1 books & journal articles