R-14-0010
Petition to Amend Rules 31.2, 31.4, 31.13, 32.4, and 32.9, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure
Would require post-conviction proceedings to precede direct appeals in capital cases
Petitioners:
Thomas C. Horne
ATTORNEY GENERAL
(Firm State Bar No. 14000)
Jeffrey A. Zick (State Bar No. 018712)
Chief Counsel
Jeffrey L. Sparks (State Bar No. 027536)
Assistant Attorney General
Capital Litigation Section
1275 West Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007–2997
Telephone: (602) 542–4686
[email protected] [email protected] Original Petition Filed January 10, 2014
Amended Petition Filed May 20, 2014
On September 2, 2014, the Court issued the following order:
IT IS ORDERED that this this matter be reopened for additional comments providing general information, data, or studies regarding the administration of capital cases in states with a unitary review procedure similar to that proposed by the amended petition.
COMMENTS DUE January 16, 2015
Attachment 1: Amended Petition
Attachment 2: Appendix to Amended Petition
Attachment 3: Original Petition
Attachment 4: Appendix to Original Petition
August 27, 2015 DENIED