MATTER OF MARTINEZ

No. SB-17-0081-AP.

462 P.3d 36 (2020)

In the MATTER OF a Member of the State Bar of Arizona, Juan M. MARTINEZ, Attorney No. 9510, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed April 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Scott Rhodes , Kerry Hodges , Jennings, Strouss & Salmon P.L.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Juan M. Martinez.

Craig D. Henley , Senior Bar Counsel, State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix, Attorney for State Bar of Arizona.

Mikel Steinfeld , Phoenix; and James J. Belanger , J. Belanger Law PLLC, Tempe, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

Jared G. Keenan , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Attorney for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona.

Timothy J. Agan , Lindsay Herf , Arizona Justice Project, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Justice Project.

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


¶1 We consider whether prosecutor Juan M. Martinez's conduct, characterized in five Arizona appellate court decisions as "prosecutorial misconduct" that did not rise to the level requiring reversal of criminal convictions, violates attorney ethical rules. We affirm the disciplinary hearing panel's ("the...

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