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McKINNEY v. ARIZONA

No. 18-1109.

140 S.Ct. 702 (2020)

James Erin McKINNEY, Petitioner, v. ARIZONA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Natman Schaye , Emily K. Skinner , Amy Armstrong , Arizona Capital, Representation, Project, Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioner.

Amy L. Marshak , Jonathan L. Backer , Joshua A. Geltzer , Mary B. McCord , Institute for Const., Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown University, Law Center, Neal Kumar Katyal , Erin R. Chapman , Michael J. West , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, Sharmila Roy , Laveen, AZ, Katherine B. Wellington , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Boston, MA, for Petitioner.

Mark Brnovich , Attorney General, Joseph A. Kanefield , Chief Deputy and Chief of Staff, Brunn W. Roysden III , Division Chief, Oramel H. (O.H.) Skinner , Solicitor General, Lacey Stover Gard , Chief of Capital Litigation, Ginger Jarvis , Laura Chiasson , Unit Chiefs, Capital Litigation, Kate B. Sawyer , Assistant Solicitor General, Katherine H. Jessen , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Arizona, Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for Respondent.

Over a 4-week span in early 1991, James McKinney and his half brother, Charles Hedlund, burglarized five residences in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. During one of the burglaries, McKinney and Hedlund beat and repeatedly stabbed Christine Mertens. McKinney then shot Mertens in the back of the head...

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