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Opinions in Arizona that cite State v. Kreps, 706 P.2d 1213.
- State v. Velasquez-Cruz Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2024
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State v. Velasquez-Cruz
Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2024
may be as instantaneous as successive thoughts of the mind and may be proven by either direct or circumstantial evidence.”
- State v. Hernandez Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2022
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State v. Hernandez
Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2022
may be as instantaneous as successive thoughts of the mind and may be proven by either direct or circumstantial evidence.”
- State v. Knight Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2014
- State v. Knight Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2014
- State v. Dann 74 P.3d 231 Ariz. 2003
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State v. Dann
74 P.3d 231
Ariz. 2003
2 Even though “premeditation can occur as instantaneously as ‘successive thoughts of the mind,’ we have nonetheless required proof, whether direct or circumstantial, of actual reflection.” Id.; , (“Premeditation is established by evidence of a plan to murder formed after deliberation and reflection.”); , (same).
- State v. Thompson 65 P.3d 420 Ariz. 2003
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State v. Thompson
65 P.3d 420
Ariz. 2003
(“Premeditation is established by evidence of a plan to murder formed after deliberation and reflection.”); , (same).
- State v. Booker 53 P.3d 635 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2002
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State v. Booker
53 P.3d 635
Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2002
386, 389 , (same); , (same), , (“Premeditation is established by evidence of a plan to murder formed after deliberation and reflection.”); State v. Vickers (Vickers II), , (same); , (same); State v. Vickers (Vickers I), , (same).
- State v. Thompson 34 P.3d 382 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2001
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State v. Thompson
34 P.3d 382
Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2001
For example, -49 , -16 (1985), after setting forth the statute in haec verba, our supreme court noted that the state was required to prove that before the act of killing, “a plan to murder was formed after the matter had been made a subject of deliberation and reflection.”
- State v. Fulminante 975 P.2d 75 Ariz. 1999
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State v. Fulminante
975 P.2d 75
Ariz. 1999
While the evidence as a whole was sufficient to sustain a murder verdict, to sustain the charge of premeditated murder the prosecution must prove that Defendant “made a decision to kill prior to the act of killing.”
- State v. Uriarte 981 P.2d 575 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1998
- State v. Nieto 924 P.2d 453 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1996
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State v. Nieto
924 P.2d 453
Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1996
To prove premeditation, the state must show that the “defendant made a decision to kill prior to the act of killing.”
- State v. Spears 908 P.2d 1062 Ariz. 1996
- State v. Spears 908 P.2d 1062 Ariz. 1996
- State v. Gulbrandson 906 P.2d 579 Ariz. 1995
- State v. Gulbrandson 906 P.2d 579 Ariz. 1995
- State v. Wood 881 P.2d 1158 Ariz. 1994
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State v. Wood
881 P.2d 1158
Ariz. 1994
Premeditation requires proof that the defendant “made a decision to kill prior to the act of killing.”
- State v. Van Den Berg 791 P.2d 1075 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1990
- State v. Van Den Berg 791 P.2d 1075 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1990
- State v. Marchesano 783 P.2d 247 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1989
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State v. Marchesano
783 P.2d 247
Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1989
The necessary premeditation “may be as instantaneous as successive thoughts of the mind and may be proven by either direct or circumstantial evidence.”
- State v. Valdez 770 P.2d 313 Ariz. 1989
- State v. Vickers 768 P.2d 1177 Ariz. 1989
- State v. Vickers 768 P.2d 1177 Ariz. 1989
- State v. Valdez 770 P.2d 313 Ariz. 1989
- State v. Lopez 762 P.2d 545 Ariz. 1988
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State v. Lopez
762 P.2d 545
Ariz. 1988
as follows: The state bears the burden of proving premeditation beyond a reasonable doubt.