STATE v. ALLEN

No. CR-17-0556-AP.

460 P.3d 1236 (2020)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. John Michael ALLEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed April 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Lacey Stover Gard , Chief Counsel, Jason Lewis (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Rosemarie Peña-Lynch , Office of the Legal Advocate, Colin F. Stearns , (argued), Kerri L. Chamberlin , Deputy Legal Advocates, Phoenix, Attorneys for John Michael Allen.

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


¶1 John Michael Allen was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death for locking ten-year-old A.D. in a box overnight, causing her to suffocate and die. The trial court imposed prison terms for related child abuse convictions. We affirm Allen's convictions, his death sentence, and...

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