STATE EX REL. ADEL v. ADLEMAN

No. CR-21-0157-PR.

503 P.3d 120 (2022)

STATE of Arizona EX REL. Allister ADEL, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. Hon. Jay R. ADLEMAN, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, Shavonte Deshawn Beasley, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed February 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allister Adel , Maricopa County Attorney, Julie A. Done (argued), John Schneider , Kirsten Valenzuela , Deputy County Attorneys, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona and Allister Adel.

Daniela De La Torre , De La Torre Law Office, PLC, Phoenix; and Michael S. Reeves (argued), Michael S. Reeves , Attorney at Law, Phoenix, Attorneys for Shavonte Deshawn Beasley.

David J. Euchner , Pima County Public Defender's Office, Tucson; and Emily Skinner , Arizona Capital Representation Project, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice and Arizona Capital Representation Project.

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


¶1 We consider whether a defendant in a criminal case who asserts the attorney-client privilege must make a prima facie showing that each communication is privileged or can rely on a blanket application of the privilege. Here, because the defendant failed to make...

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