STATE v. VALENCIA

No. CR-16-0156-PR.

386 P.3d 392 (2016)

STATE of Arizona, Respondent, v. Gregory Nidez VALENCIA Jr., Petitioner. State of Arizona, Respondent, v. Joey Lee Healer, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed December 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara LaWall , Pima County Attorney, Jacob R. Lines (argued), Deputy County Attorney, Tucson, Attorneys for State of Arizona

Dean Brault , Pima County Legal Defender, Alex Heveri (argued), Assistant Legal Defender, Tucson, Attorneys for Gregory Nidez Valencia Jr.

Steven R. Sonenberg , Pima County Public Defender, David J. Euchner (argued), Deputy Public Defender, Tucson, Attorneys for Joey Lee Healer

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, John R. Lopez IV , Solicitor General, Joseph T. Maziarz , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, David A. Simpson , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorney General

Mikel Steinfeld , Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, Phoenix, and Katherine Puzauskas , The Arizona Justice Project, Tempe, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Keith Hilzendeger , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Thomas Phalen , Phoenix, Molly Brizgys, Tempe, Sarah Stone, Law Office of Sarah Stone, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Tonatihu Aguilar, Travis Wade Amaral, Jonathan Andrew Arias, Freddy Crespin, Scott Lee DeShaw, Eulandas J. Flowers, Michael Paul Jessup, Bobby Charles Purcell, Cedric Joseph Rue, Jr., Richard Rojas, and Bobby Jerry Tatum

CHIEF JUSTICE BALES authored the opinion of the Court, in which VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER and JUSTICES BRUTINEL, TIMMER, and BOLICK joined. JUSTICE BOLICK, joined by VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER, filed a concurring opinion.


¶ 1 We here consider whether the trial court erred by summarily denying petitions for post-conviction relief alleging that petitioners' natural life sentences for homicides committed as juveniles are unconstitutional in light of Miller v. Alabama, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2455...

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