STATE v. POYSON

No. CR-98-0510-AP.

475 P.3d 293 (2020)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Robert Allen POYSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed November 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Brunn (Beau) W. Roysden III , Solicitor General, Lacey Stover Gard , Chief Counsel, David R. Cole , Senior Litigation Counsel, Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Emily Skinner , Arizona Capital Representation Project, Phoenix, Attorney for Robert Allen Poyson.

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


¶1 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found this Court erred on independent review of Robert Allen Poyson's death sentences and remanded the case to federal district court with instructions to grant a writ of habeas corpus unless the State initiates proceedings either to correct the constitutional error...

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