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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?

For petitioner
Angela Charlene Poliquin
Grand Canyon Law Group

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

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 30, 2023 · Certiorari denied

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