CRUZ v. ARIZONA

No. 21-846.

143 S.Ct. 650 (2023)

598 U.S. 17

John Montenegro CRUZ, Petitioner v. ARIZONA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal K. Katyal , Washington, DC, far petitioner.

Joseph A. Kanefeld , Chief Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.

Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender, Cary Sandman , Cory Gordon , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Tucson, AZ, Neal Kumar Katyal , Counsel of Record, Katherine B. Wellington , William E. Havemann , Dana A. Raphael , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Mark Brnovich , Attorney General of Arizona, Jeffrey L. Sparks , Deputy Solicitor General/Chief Counsel for the Capital Litigation Section, Counsel of Record, Erin Bennett , Laura P. Chiasson , Ginger Jarvis , Assistant Attorneys General, Office of the Arizona, Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for respondent.


Petitioner John Montenegro Cruz, a defendant sentenced to death, argued at trial and on direct appeal that his due process rights had been violated by the trial court's failure to permit him to inform the jury that a life sentence in Arizona would be without parole. See Simmons v. South Carolina...

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