STATE v. URREA

No. CR-17-0261-PR.

421 P.3d 153 (2018)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Francisco Miguel URREA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed July 11, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Dominic E. Draye , Solicitor General, Joseph T. Maziarz , Chief Counsel, Phoenix, Amy Pignatella Cain (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Section, Tucson, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Rafael F. Gallego (argued), Gallego Law Firm, P.C., Tucson, Attorney for Francisco Miguel Urrea.

Amy Kalman , Brian Thredgold , Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Phoenix; Jared G. Keenan (argued), Kathleen E. Brody , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae.

JUSTICE BOLICK authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, and JUSTICES PELANDER, TIMMER, GOULD, and LOPEZ joined.


¶ 1 During a trial on narcotics charges, the prosecutor violated Defendant's equal protection rights by using peremptory strikes to remove Hispanic jurors from the venire in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We hold...

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