The Arizona Supreme Court granted the state’s motion today for a warrant of execution in Mr. Landrigan’s case. The FPD expects the actual warrant with dates to be issued tomorrow. Please visit the FPD’s website to get up to speed on the Landrigan litigation. www.fpdaz.org/CHU-Landrigan.html. Currently, there is a nationwide shortage of the lethal injection drug sodium theopental. The Court has indicated Mr. Landrigan may request a stay of execution if the state is unable to procure the drug within the time frame set by the execution warrant.
On Thursday, September 2, the University of Arizona College of Law is hosting a discussion on the death penalty. CLE credit is available. Please see announcement below.
On Friday, the 9th Circuit granted penalty phase relief in Detrich v. Ryan. Mr. Detrich was represented by the Project’s own Jen Bedier, as well as Greg Kuykendall. Congrats to the team!
Notably, Mr. Detrich’s sentencing counsel fulfilled his duty under the ABA Guidelines to facilitate the work of habeas counsel, which undoubtedly played an important role in this resolution.
The Arizona Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and vacated the death sentence in State v. Snelling. On independent review, the Court found insufficient evidence to uphold F6, the sole aggravating factor in the case. This is the third grant of relief in a capital case by the Arizona Supreme Court this year.
The Court has affirmed the conviction and sentence in State v. Chappell. Because the Court denied relief on all claims, it also denied as moot the state’s cross-appeal challenging the trial court’s ruling that the defense is not required to disclose the mitigation specialist’s notes from witness interviews. Read the opinion below.
The Cochise County Superior Court granted an extremely rare state postconviction win to Kyle Sharp on his claim of ineffective assistance of sentencing counsel. Congratulations to the entire defense team, including Carla Ryan, Tom Gorman, and Keith Rohman. 2010-08-03 Sharp PCR Win
The Maricopa County Superior Court, Judge Michael Jones, denied postconviction relief for Mr. Sansing on his IAC at Penalty claim. The opinion can be read here: 2010-07-06 Sansing Order Denying Relief
Despite striking the (F)(3) aggravator, the Arizona Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and sentence in State v. Womble. Read the opinion below.
The Arizona Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and death sentence in State v. Villalobos.
Another F(6) reversal by the Arizona Supreme Court! 2010-06-22 State v. Lynch
