STATE v. MACHADO

No. CR-10-0242-PR.

246 P.3d 632 (2011)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Louie Thomas MACHADO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

February 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Horne , Arizona Attorney General By Kent E. Cattani , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals/Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, David A. Sullivan , Assistant Attorney General, Tucson, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Robert J. Hirsh , Pima County Public Defender By M. Edith Cunningham , Assistant Public Defender, David J. Euchner , Assistant Public Defender, Lisa M. Hise , Assistant Public Defender, Tucson, Attorneys for Louie Thomas Machado.


OPINION

HURWITZ, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This case requires us to apply the Arizona Rules of Evidence to "third-party culpability" evidence—evidence offered by a defendant to show that someone else committed the crime. We conclude that the evidence at issue should have been admitted.

I.

¶ 2 On October 25, 2000, sixteen-year-old Rebecca R. drove home alone from a church party. After Rebecca pulled into the drive-way of her...

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