Arizona Supreme Court, 1992

The court’s stated disposition affirms Atwood’s kidnapping and first-degree felony-murder convictions and sentences. In the portions provided, it concludes that the circumstantial evidence was sufficient, that the challenged pretrial procedures, counsel’s conduct, searches, interrogation, and trial rulings did not…

The Arizona Supreme Court held that under the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act the settlement reduction provision (§12-2504) must be applied before the comparative negligence reduction provision (§12-2505), even when the settlement is with a defendant sued solely on a strict‑liability theory, and therefore…