(Download) "State V. Allen" by Arizona Court of Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Allen
- Author : Arizona Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 27, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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Defendant-appellee (hereinafter defendant) was tried by a jury in the Gila County Superior Court on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of first degree murder. The defenses were insanity and self defense. At the close of all the evidence defendant moved for a directed verdict contending that there was no state's evidence to rebut the defendant's lay and expert opinion evidence of insanity and therefore reasonable doubt of defendant's sanity rose as a matter of law. The court found the state offered no evidence of sanity, but nevertheless submitted the issue of guilt to the jury. However, the court also said that if there should be a guilty verdict, it would be set aside as contrary to the evidence.