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Rickie Isaiah Gibson, Jr. v. Arizona
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division Two, No. 2 CA-CR 2025-0012 · judgment January 16, 2026
Question presented
Whether a trial court violates the Confrontation Clause by restricting crossexamination of the State's principal witness to the sanitized fact that he faced pending felony charges while prohibiting inquiry into the firearm-related nature of those charges, where those facts explained the witness's motive to deny receiving and concealing the firearm at the center of the defendant's self-defense claim.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kevin Dean Heade
Pinal County Public Defender
For respondent
Joshua C. Smith
Arizona Attorney General's Office
Case
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, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Aug 27 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 18 2026Waiver of right of respondent Arizona to respond filed.
- Jul 31 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 3, 2026)