CHAPARRO v. SHINN

No. CV-19-0205-CQ.

459 P.3d 50 (2020)

Abelardo CHAPARRO Plaintiff, v. David C. SHINN, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed March 5, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Oramel H. Skinner , Solicitor General, Drew C. Ensign (argued), Deputy Solicitor General, Rusty D. Crandell , Deputy Solicitor General, Brunn (Beau) W. Roysden III , Division Chief Appeals & Constitutional Litigation Division, Robert J. Makar , Anthony R. Napolitano , Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Defendant David C. Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections.

Lindsay Herf , Robert J. Dormady , Katherine Puzauskas , Arizona Justice Project, Phoenix; Howard R. Cabot , Randal B. McDonald (argued), Austin C. Yost , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Abelardo Chaparro.

JUSTICE BEENE authored the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER, and JUSTICES BOLICK, GOULD, LOPEZ, and PELANDER (Retired) joined.


¶1 The United States District Court for the District of Arizona certified the following question to this Court: Whether, in light of A.R.S. § 41-1604.09, a person convicted of first degree murder following a jury trial for actions that took place on or after January 1, 1994, is parole eligible after...

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