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Steven Carrol DeMocker v. Arizona

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One, No. 1 CA-CR 20-0456 PRPC · judgment March 16, 2021

Certiorari denied · March 21, 2022

Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

This petition presents the question whether offering an implausible third-party culpability defense violates a defendant’s right to the effective assistance of counsel where there is a readily available, coherent, and compelling defense.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Robert Mills
Phillips Black

For respondent
Steven A. Young
Yavapai County Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Mar 21 2022
Petition DENIED.
Mar 02 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
Feb 08 2022
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arizona to respond filed.
Main Document
Jan 31 2022
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2022)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service