State of Arizona v. James Arthur Ray, the Yavapai County Superior Court's official criminal case record, Case No. V1300CR201080049, Judge Warren R. Darrow presiding, 2011, confirmed against multiple contemporaneous news accounts of the trial, documents Ray's conviction on 22 June 2011 on three counts of negligent homicide, for Kirby Brown, James Shore and Liz Neuman, from the October 2009 Spiritual Warrior sweat lodge event near Sedona, and his sentencing on 18 November 2011 to concurrent two year terms. Its strength is that it is the official primary court record of the case's central claim, matching independent news coverage of the verdict and sentence. Its limit is that a case record documents the legal outcome; it does not itself assess the sweat lodge tradition, which the trial did not put at issue.
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Tier one: the official primary court record of State of Arizona v. James Arthur Ray, confirmed against multiple contemporaneous news accounts, documenting the conviction and sentencing. Its limit is that a case record documents the legal outcome; it does not itself assess the sweat lodge tradition, which the trial did not put at issue. NotesOfficial Arizona criminal case record, Yavapai County Superior Court, Case No. V1300CR201080049: conviction on 22 June 2011 on three counts of negligent homicide (Kirby Brown, James Shore, Liz Neuman) from the October 2009 Spiritual Warrior sweat lodge event near Sedona, and sentencing on 18 November 2011 to concurrent two-year terms. Primary record for the fact's central claim.
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AuthorYavapai County Superior Court (Judge Warren R. Darrow presiding)
PublisherState of Arizona court record, Case No. V1300CR201080049
Publication Year2011
URLhttps://www.scribd.com/doc/53037279/State-of-Arizona-v-James-Arthur-Ray-Case-No-V1300CR201080049-Defendant-James-Arthur-Ray-s-Response-to-State-s-Motion-in-Limine-re-Witness-Rick-Ros
Source TypeCase law
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