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Rodney Lynn Dalton v. Arizona

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One, No. 1-CA-CR 21-0201 · judgment May 10, 2022


Certiorari denied · May 30, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

What is the appropriate standard for determining cumulative prosecutorial misconduct in a criminal trial?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Angela Charlene Poliquin
Grand Canyon Law Group

For respondent
Joshua C. Smith
Arizona Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 30 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 09 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/25/2023.
  3. Apr 24 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Arizona to respond filed.
  4. Apr 06 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2023)