JURIST

MAY 6, 2022

An Arizona judge Wednesday r ejected a death row inmate’s request for clemency based on claims he is mentally incompetent, keeping the execution on track to be the first in the state for nearly eight years. ” Lawyers for Dixon said they will appeal the ruling to the Arizona Supreme Court.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2022

An Arizona district court Tuesday ordered former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake to pay Arizona’s governor-elect Katie Hobbs court fees relating to a lawsuit that challenged the outcome of the November election. The case arose on December 9 when Lake challenged her loss in the race for Arizona governor.

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday refused to postpone the execution of an Arizona man. Frank Atwood received a death sentence in Arizona after he murdered an 8-year-old girl in 1984. Hoskinson went missing after she left her home in Tucson, Arizona, to mail a birthday card to her aunt. Atwood died at 10:16am Wednesday.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the court ruled that the Arizona Supreme Court incorrectly held that the 2016 case Lynch v. Arizona was “not a significant change in law” meriting a second post conviction relief application. South Carolina “did not apply” in Arizona.

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Above The Law

JULY 19, 2024

The post Arizona Offers Alternate Path To Practice After Almost Passing Bar appeared first on Above the Law. Practice has many doors, Ed boys.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 15, 2021

Russ Wiles, Arizona Republic, Arizona Republic Interviews Diane L. Drain about Arizona homestead protection and exposure to creditors. Homeowners who refinance their mortgag es could lose protections from debt collectors and other creditors under a bill that’s quietly making its way through the Arizona Legislature.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 30, 2024

After his appeals and his requests for post-conviction relief in state court were denied, Jones went to federal court in Arizona, where he argued that his attorney – who had never been the lead attorney in a capital case – spent too little time preparing for the sentencing phase of his trial.

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JURIST

JULY 20, 2021

The US District Court for the District of Arizona Friday ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Recovery (ADC) to trial for failure to make agreed-upon progress toward prison healthcare reforms.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2021

In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, the US Supreme Court upheld provisions of a restrictive Arizona voting law, stating that the provisions do not violate the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Out-of-precinct voting is prevented by Arizona law, which states that ballots cast at the wrong precinct must be discarded.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 12, 2024

“Don’t blame the Arizona Supreme Court; The court gave the state legislature exactly what it asked for”: Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

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Diane Drain

APRIL 16, 2022

ARIZONA IS ONE OF 2 STATES THAT WILL TAKE YOUR TAX REFUND IF THIS HAPPENS. By RUSS WILES, Arizona Republic (reprinted for educational purposes only). A bill before Arizona lawmakers, Senate Bill 1222, would change that by exempting federal tax refunds from the list of personal assets used to pay off debts. SHOULD THE LAW CHANGE?

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At the center of the order was Clean Elections USA, a group committed to monitoring ballot drop off boxes in Arizona. Protect Democracy and the League of Women Voters, filed suit in federal court in Arizona, seeking an injunction to prevent further voter intimidation. The US midterm elections take place on November 8. .

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Arizona Senate committee members voted Thursday to advance two election reform bills which would prohibit the use of drop boxes and add a precinct tally requirement prior to county tallying. The other bill, Arizona Senate Bill 1343, is referred to as “early ballots; provisionals; precinct tallies.”

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Diane Drain

MAY 15, 2021

On January 1, 2022, HB2617 will become the law of Arizona. Your home is no longer protected from your judgment creditors, which will have a devastating effect on Arizona’s consumers, and those hardest hit by Covid-19. The homestead exemption has been an essential Arizona consumer protection law since the beginning of Arizona statehood.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2023

The Office of the Arizona Attorney General (AG) Kris Mayes filed a motion with Arizona Supreme Court to withdraw the requested execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches. Arizona currently has 110 inmates on death row, with three executions already completed this year. However, Gunches later filed for withdrawal of the request.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 11, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Arizona to execute a man who suffered from severe mental illness and, according to his lawyers, did not understand why the state wanted to put him to death. Shortly after the court rejected Dixon’s final appeal, Arizona executed him by lethal injection. Arizona Department of Corrections).

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Diane Drain

APRIL 20, 2021

Arizona Bill wants Judgment Creditor to get paid before homeowners when house is refinanced (something Arizona law has not allowed since mid 1950s). Concerns about Arizona HB 2617, especially with the amendments: will allow old and new judgments to attached to homesteads. Drain - Phoenix Arizona Bankruptcy Attorney.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 11, 2023

District Judge has ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry to make “substantial” changes to its staffing and facility operations after determining that conditions in Arizona’s prisons represent an “unconstitutional substantial risk of serious harm” to people in the state’s custody. .

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CourtTechBulletin

MARCH 24, 2022

Apple launches the first smartphone driver’s license/ID with Arizona Additional states to follow, including Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio, and the territory of Puerto Rico Read more ».

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LawSites

MARCH 13, 2024

Training kicked off last month in Arizona for a new class of legal advocates who will work at community-based organizations throughout the state to provide free limited-scope legal help to clients in domestic violence and housing matters.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 30, 2021

There will soon be a big change for jury selection in Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court published a rule modification Friday ending the use of…

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HowAppealing

JUNE 10, 2023

“Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain Sued Arizona For A Tax Refund On Marriott Award Nights — And Lost”: Gary Leff has this post at his “View from the Wing” blog about a ruling that the Arizona Court of Appeals issued Thursday. You can learn more about The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain via this link.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 20, 2022

Bankruptcy Issues After January 1, 2022 Changes in Arizona Homestead Statutes. The Arizona Homestead exemption increased from $150,000 to $250,000 as of January 1, 2022. Final edits of HB2617 – easier to read Along with that increase there were other significant changes to the Arizona Homestead law.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The lawsuit alleges that Arizona has not only usurped the federal government's jurisdiction over border policy but actively prevented civil servants from continuing routine work along the U.S.-Mexico Mexico border.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

A federal grand jury in the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri indicted Walter Lee Hoornstra Wednesday for threatening an Arizona election official. The indictment asserts that Hoornstra left a threatening voicemail on the personal cell phone of an election official in Arizona.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A jury will soon decide whether an alleged prison gang leader’s documented brag that he carved his gang’s initials into the chest of the then still-breathing man proves that his murder of the man was especially heinous and may justify his execution under Arizona law. Autopsy records show that Nunuha was stabbed 152 times. .

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AUGUST 29, 2021

“Arizona to end peremptory challenges to potential jurors”: Paul Davenport of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Arizona’s top court is eliminating the longstanding practice of allowing lawyers in criminal and civil trials in state courts to remove potential jurors without explanation, a move that proponents said (..)

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to an Arizona man who contends that his constitutional rights were violated when an expert witness testified for the prosecution about drug analysis performed by another forensic scientist’s. But Alexander Samuels, representing the state of Arizona, took a harder tack.

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Diane Drain

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff’s Bidding Requirements at a Sheriff’s Execution Sale of a Judgment Debtor’s “Homestead” Residence. The Arizona statute, which includes the conditions that must be complied with before the Sheriff will even schedule a Sheriff’s Execution Sale of a Homestead Residence, is set forth in full below: 33-1105.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

A woman who used medicinal cannabis to treat morning sickness during her pregnancy was placed on Arizona’s Confidential Registry for child abuse in 2019, after her newborn child tested positive for cannabis. .

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JURIST

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Seven lawsuits were filed Monday in Arizona against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for allegedly covering up sexual abuse in church-sponsored Boy Scouts of America (BSA) troops. The allegations span more than 30 years, ranging from 1972 to 2009. Thanks for your support! DONATE NOW.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Arizona , the justices considered whether a state procedural rule prevents John Cruz, who was sentenced to death, from obtaining relief on his federal due-process claim in state post-conviction. To answer this question, the court must determine if Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1(g) g) purposes.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Arizona , the court ruled in favor of John Montenegro Cruz, a man on death row in Arizona. According to Arizona law, capital defendants who committed crimes after 1993, like Cruz, were (and remain) ineligible for parole. Arizona in 2016. Arizona courts disagreed, so Cruz came to the Supreme Court.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 12, 2021

“Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould announces retirement”: Lauren Castle of The Arizona Republic has this report.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

subsidy to university violates Arizona constitution.” ” Joshua Bowling of The Arizona Republic has this report on a ruling that a unanimous Supreme Court of Arizona issued yesterday. “State Supreme Court: Peoria’s $2.6M

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MARCH 14, 2021

“Arizona Supreme Court justice leaving, giving governor another pick”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

New Arizona Law Gives Motorists Room To Get Ahead appeared first on Above the Law. Motorists moving to the front of the queue should still remain cautious of blue shells. The post Safety First!

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