Published opinions from 1983. The case name opens the case page.
July 5, 1983136 Ariz. 500
The Arizona Supreme Court, sitting en banc, abolished the common law doctrine of tavern owner nonliability, holding that a licensed seller who serves liquor to an intoxicated patron owes a duty of care to third parties injured on or off the premises and that causation in such cases is ordinarily a question for the…
The court held that the trial court properly refused to give self-defense instructions because the evidence showed no legally sufficient basis for self-defense. The defendant participated in a continuing aggression initiated by the occupants of his vehicle, and there was no evidence that they withdrew before the…
January 11, 1983135 Ariz. 281
The court reversed Chapple’s convictions and remanded for a new trial because the trial court improperly admitted highly inflammatory photographs with little probative value and excluded expert testimony that could have assisted the jury in evaluating the pivotal eyewitness identifications.
The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed Gretzler’s death sentence after independently reviewing the aggravating and mitigating circumstances and concluding that the aggravation outweighed the mitigation.