NARANJO v. SUKENIC

No. CR-22-0076-PR.

524 P.3d 1123 (2023)

Israel Joseph NARANJO, Petitioner v. The Honorable Howard SUKENIC, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, Respondent Judge, State of Arizona, ex rel., Kristin K. Mayes, Attorney General, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed February 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Whelihan (argued), Adrian Little , Office of the Legal Advocate, Phoenix, Attorneys for Israel Joseph Naranjo.

Kristin K. Mayes , Arizona Attorney General, Jeffrey Sparks , Deputy Solicitor General/Section Chief of Capital Litigation, Sarah E. Heckathorne (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Capital Litigation Section, Gregory Hazard , Senior Litigation Counsel, Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

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

JUSTICE KING authored the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER, and JUSTICES BOLICK and BEENE joined.


¶1 In a post-conviction relief ("PCR") proceeding, the superior court determined that Israel Joseph Naranjo raised a colorable claim for ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We must now determine whether the PCR court erred in ordering Naranjo to disclose materials...

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