STATE of Arizona EX REL. Rachel H. MITCHELL, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner,
v.
The Honorable Katherine COOPER, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge,
Lonnie Allen Bassett, Real Party in Interest.
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Filed September 18, 2023.
Filed September 18, 2023.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Rachel H. Mitchell , Maricopa County Attorney, Julie A. Done (argued), Deputy County Attorney, Jessi Wade , Deputy County Attorney, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.
Amy E. Bain (argued), Bain & Lauritano, P.L.C., Glendale, Attorney for Real Party in Interest Lonnie Allen Bassett.
Kristin K. Mayes , Arizona Attorney General, Joshua Bendor , Solicitor General/Section Chief of Criminal Appeals, Eliza C. Ybarra , Assistant, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Section, Arizona Attorney General's Office, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorney General.
Andrew T. Fox , Coppersmith Brockelman PLC, Phoenix; and Marsha L. Levick , Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, and Human Rights for Kids.
Gary Kula , Maricopa County Public Defender, Kevin D. Heade (argued), Deputy Public Defender, Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Maricopa County Public Defender.
JUSTICE KING authored the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER, and JUSTICES BOLICK, LOPEZ, BEENE, and BERCH (RETIRED) joined.
JUSTICEKING, Opinion of the Court:
¶1 At age sixteen, Lonnie Bassett shot and killed two people. A jury convicted him on two counts of first degree murder. The trial court sentenced Bassett to natural life for one murder and life with the possibility of parole after twenty-five years for the other murder. We must determine whether the post...
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