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Juan Martinez – DISBARRED – R.I.P.

Well… it had to happen sometime – and now it finally has.

Juan Martinez, the pedo-huggers “hero”… and one of the most corrupt “win-at-all-costs” prosecutors ever to disgrace a courtroom… has been officially disbarred.

He’s managed to make a living from lying, witness tampering, evidence tampering & wrongful convictions for many years — but all that stops, right here, right now.

In the big scheme of things, this is awesome news.

Juan Martinez — R.I.P.

You’ll need a proxy/VPN to access the AZFamily.com website if you’re outside the US, so the full article has been reproduced below.

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From AZFamily.com, July 17th:

Jodi Arias’ prosecutor Juan Martinez has been disbarred

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS5) — The lawyer best known for prosecuting in the Jodi Arias trial has been disbarred. Juan Martinez was fired from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office earlier this year amid a number of misconduct allegations.

Martinez was accused of leaking a juror’s name in the Arias case to a blogger with whom he was in a sexual relationship, and then lying to investigators about it. Martinez is also accused of staring at a court reporter during the Arias trial and making comments about her appearance that made her feel uncomfortable.

“In my opinion this is long overdue. His misconduct goes back years,” said Karen Clark, Arias’ legal ethics attorney.

A law firm also filed an ethics complaint, claiming Martinez wrote a book about the Arias case while the trial was still going on. They also say he wrote the book on County time and at taxpayers’ expense. Martinez was reprimanded by the county prosecutor’s office in 2018 for inappropriate and unprofessional conduct toward female law clerks.

“The Jody Arias case was a very high profile trial and the allegations in these bar charges involved things that were going on behind the scenes that the public did not know about,” said Clark.

“Wouldn’t be surprised to see claims filed by people in prison saying their cases were barred by his misconduct,” said lawyer Dan Barr.

The State Bar of Arizona released the following statement:

“The Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Arizona Supreme Court has issued an order accepting a consent to disbarment for Juan Martinez.

Martinez filed a consent to disbarment in the pending discipline case of In re: Juan Martinez, PDJ 2019-9008. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge accepted his consent and issued an order disbarring him, effective immediately. This judgment of disbarment effectively ends the pending discipline case against him.

Juan Martinez filed the consent to disbarment pursuant to Rule 57, Ariz. R. Sup. Ct., which allows him to consent to disbarment without making any admission of misconduct; rather he confirms that he no longer wants to defend against the charges.

The State Bar believes this is a just outcome and appreciates the time and effort of both the State Bar lawyers and staff who litigated this case, particularly Senior Bar Counsel Craig Henley and Staff Bar Counsel Stacy Shuman, as well as the witnesses involved in the underlying charge.”

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $101,432.90 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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As always, be sure to leave your thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

Click the banner below to read Jade’s post – “Justice Denied: Why The Jurors Got It Wrong & How The Facts Decimate The State’s Case Against Jodi Arias.”:

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The State v. Jodi Arias… and Juan Martinez

Due to AZ Mirror website access being blocked for non-US readers, Michael Kiefer’s full article has been reproduced below:

  • Click here to read the Opinion Document (29 pages)
  • Click here to read the Decision Document (16 pages)

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From The AZ Mirror, March 27th:

The State of Arizona v. Jodi Arias … and Juan Martinez

The case caption said, “State of Arizona v. Jodi Ann Arias,” but it might just as well have said “State of Arizona v. Juan M. Martinez.”

Not surprisingly, the Arizona Court of Appeals upheld Arias’s conviction and life sentence for the brutal 2008 murder of her sometime lover, Travis Alexander.

In her appeal, Arias alleged that she had been denied a fair trial because of the circus-like atmosphere in the courtroom and excessive publicity. She also claimed that misconduct by Martinez, the deputy county attorney who led the prosecution, thoroughly tainted the procedure. And she said that Martinez had improperly dismissed potential jurors because they were female, and especially if they had experienced domestic violence.

The three-judge panel dispatched the jury-selection issues in a separate memorandum opinion, meaning it could not be cited as precedent.

Then, in the main opinion, they quickly dispelled the publicity argument, saying that it did not sway the jury.

But what was surprising is the number of pages — 20 out of 29 — devoted to Martinez’s behavior during trial: how he bullied witnesses and Arias herself, suggested that a psychologist had romantic feelings for Arias, appealed to the juror’s passions and fears, and promoted himself by signing autographs on the courthouse steps.

“Prosecutorial misconduct undeniably permeated this case,” Judge Jennifer Campbell wrote for the majority. “Rather than a few isolated missteps, a pattern of intentional misconduct saturated the trial.”

Still, it was not enough to award Arias a new trial. The jury would still have come back with a guilty verdict, the panel concluded.

And in a case where there was “overwhelming evidence of guilt,” Campbell wrote, it was not prudent to “reverse convictions merely to punish a prosecutor’s misdeeds or to deter future misconduct.”

Instead, the panel made the rare decision to refer Martinez to the State Bar of Arizona, the semi-governmental state board that licenses and disciplines attorneys, for possible disciplinary action.

That, in effect, is a Bar complaint, and one that comes from high up the judicial food chain.

In a concurring opinion that almost read like a dissent, Judge Kenton Jones wrote, “Yet, here we are, confronted with a prosecutor whose repeated misconduct toward the superior court, other attorneys, principals, and witnesses in a criminal case was not only abhorrent to the rules of professional conduct — and clearly unnecessary to obtain a conviction — but broadcast over and over again, hour after hour each day, throughout a sixty-seven-day trial and the non-stop hours of nationwide media coverage that followed.“

Jones seemed to question why the Bar hasn’t already dealt with Martinez and his repeated Bar complaints. More on that later.

Arias and Alexander carried on an obsessive and combative sexual relationship for nearly two years. Arias had moved from Arizona to get away from it, but couldn’t stay away. And while ostensibly on a cross-country trip to Salt Lake City, via Monterey, California, and Utah National Parks, she swung down to Mesa for one more tryst with Alexander.

Five days later, Alexander’s decomposing body was found in the shower of his Mesa home.  He had been shot in the head, stabbed 27 times and his throat was slit. Arias admitted killing him, but swore it was in self-defense.

A jury did not believe her, and after a tumultuous live-streamed trial, convicted her of first-degree murder in 2013. But they could not reach a unanimous decision on whether to sentence her to death. Arias went back to trial in 2015, and the second jury deadlocked, as well, resulting in a mandatory natural life sentence for Arias.

I sat through both trials. I interviewed Arias and talked to her on the phone a few times. I know her defense team. I also have known and reported on Martinez for nearly 20 years. I have weathered the ongoing social-media shit storm from all of their obsessed fans and haters.

I have no doubt that Arias killed Alexander. She admitted it. I also don’t doubt she did it in a fit of rage.

Unlike the Court of Appeals panel, I never bought into the circumstantial evidence that Martinez used to prove premeditation. Martinez harped on the fact that she had extra gas cans in her car; so do a lot of Western folks who plan to drive cross country and camp at national parks. She rented a car; hers was a clunker. She dyed her hair; women often do that. 

But you don’t need days and weeks of scheming to allege premeditation. A few minutes of reflection are enough.

Just days before the trial began, Martinez changed the physical facts of the case, switching from a theory that Arias first shot Alexander, then stabbed him and slit his throat to a new theory that she first stabbed him, then slit his throat and then finished him off with a shot. Perhaps just coincidentally, that makes the crime seem colder, crueler, more heinous — aggravating factors that would allow for a death sentence.

Years ago, an Arizona Supreme Court justice told me she never understood why some prosecutors felt they had to exaggerate and embellish in slam-dunk cases.

Juan Martinez stands out in that group.

The case-law language about the court’s refusal to throw out cases to punish a prosecutor in the Arias case was cited to an Arizona Supreme Court opinion, State of Arizona v. Bryan Hulsey. (It actually first appeared in an earlier case.) Hulsey killed a Glendale police officer in 2007 and was sentenced to death. Martinez was the prosecutor.  

The misconduct allegations did not merit reversal, the court ruled. Hulsey was instead granted a new sentencing under case law from another case involving prosecutor misconduct, State of Arizona v. Shawn Lynch.

Lynch was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering a man in Scottsdale in 2001. The prosecutor? You guessed it: Juan Martinez. When Lynch appealed his case to the Arizona Supreme Court, he alleged numerous instances of misconduct by Martinez. The justices upheld the sentence and the conviction despite the alleged misconduct.

But then Lynch’s case went up to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the justices there noted that Martinez had told the jury that, if they didn’t sentence Lynch to death, he might get out on parole and kill again. Except there was no parole for first-degree murder in Arizona at the time of Lynch’s sentencing. If the jury had spurned death, Lynch would have been sentenced to natural life in prison with no chance of release. 

The high court threw out the sentence and Lynch died of hepatitis C before he could be retried.

But findings of prosecutor misconduct are not de facto Bar complaints. And the two things are not synonymous, even if they may overlap. Prosecutor misconduct is determined by a judge. Bar complaints are about attorney ethical misconduct, which is determined by the Bar. Prosecutor misconduct refers to actions taken during trial; ethical misconduct relates to how an attorney interacts with clients and judges and other sworn officers of the court.

For example, in a footnote, the opinion in Arias’s appeal referred to a sidebar at Judge Sherry Stephens’s bench during the trial, when Martinez said that if he were married to defense attorney Jennifer Willmott, he would “fucking kill myself.” The appellate court noted that the utterance was not heard by the jury and therefore was not an instance of prosecutor misconduct.

But it was alleged in a Bar complaint as ethical misconduct because it occurred between officers of the court.

Martinez has been the subject of numerous Bar charges since the Arias trial. Several were dismissed, earning Martinez the nickname “Teflon Juan.”  

There are a number pending, including for comparing a Jewish attorney to Hitler; for lying about his sexual affair with a blogger during the Arias trial and about how long he stayed in touch with a juror dismissed from the Arias trial who sent him photos of her naked breasts; and for revealing information about another Arias juror.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees defending Martinez against them. That may end, as the office has moved to fire Martinez – not for prosecutor or ethical misconduct, but for HR misconduct in the #MeToo era.  

Martinez was accused not only of inappropriate approaches to women in his office, but for retaliating after they reported him.

What happens now remains to be seen. If the county legal help is cut off, can Martinez continue to fight the Bar charges? Will he defend himself? Or will he be forced to enter into a disciplinary deal with the Bar?

Nor has Arias reached a dead end. She can still appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. She can petition the Maricopa County Superior Court for post-conviction relief if she thinks there is new evidence or that her attorney was ineffective. Then it can bounce around the federal courts for decades.  

Consider the notorious case of Debra Milke, who was convicted of having her four-year-old son murdered in 1989 and sentenced to death. After spending 24 years in custody — one year shy of a life sentence — her conviction and sentence were overturned in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because of prosecutorial misconduct. The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that double jeopardy would attach if she were retried. She is free today.

As Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over til it’s over.”

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $99,192.34 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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As always, be sure to leave your thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

Click the banner below to read Jade’s post – “Justice Denied: Why The Jurors Got It Wrong & How The Facts Decimate The State’s Case Against Jodi Arias.”:

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Martinez Sacked

*** CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY @ FOX 10 PHOENIX ***

Following the investigation of countless allegations of sexual harassment in 2017 — including the interviewing of 30 employees — the wheels on the bus have finally come off for the pedo-huggers favorite prosecutor.

Here’s the story from Fox 10 Phoenix, Feb 14th:

Juan Martinez, prosecutor noted for role in Jodi Arias trial, has been fired.

PHOENIX – FOX 10 has learned that Juan Martinez, a prosecutor with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office who gained national notoriety after getting a guilty verdict in the Jodi Arias trial, has been dismissed from his position.

10-28 retrial - more non-sensical BS from kermit

In early February, officials with MCAO say Martinez was placed on paid administrative leave.

At the time, officials did not provide any further information surrounding the decision, citing a personnel matter and only saying Martinez was placed on leave, on February 7.

On Friday, FOX 10 obtained documents surrounding the dismissal, which shed new light on what happened. On the same day Martinez was placed on paid administrative leave, county officials sent to Martinez, via hand delivery, a Notice of Intent to Dismiss.

The letter detailed a number of alleged violations of the Maricopa County Employee Merit System Resolution, including discourteous treatment of the public or fellow employees, violation of county or departmental policies or procedures in regards to workplace professionalism and prohibition against discrimination, harassment and retaliation, and a Code of Ethics violation.

In the letter, county officials say Martinez’s conduct has created an environment at the county attorney’s office that is now “impossible to manage effectively.”

“For example, we must work to keep you away from those you victimized,” read the letter. “This fact makes it difficult to assign you to bureaus and even your physical location within the building presents challenges. Even if we could isolate you from your victims based on job assignment and work location, it is not possible to prevent contact with your victims.”

*** CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY @ FOX 10 PHOENIX ***

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $99,192.34 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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As always, be sure to leave your thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

Click the banner below to read Jade’s post – “Justice Denied: Why The Jurors Got It Wrong & How The Facts Decimate The State’s Case Against Jodi Arias.”:

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Martinez put on administrative leave following investigation

*** CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY @ AZ-CENTRAL.COM ***

Following the investigation of countless allegations of sexual harassment in 2017 — including the interviewing of 30 employees — the pedo-huggers favorite prosecutor has finally come undone… just like his flies during Jodi’s trial.

Here’s the story from AZ Central, Feb 11th:

“Juan Martinez, a longtime prosecutor of Maricopa County’s highest-profile murder cases, has been placed on paid administrative leave, the County Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday night.

Martinez has faced years of sexual harassment and misconduct allegations.

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“On Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, Juan Martinez was placed on paid administrative leave. We currently have no further comment on this personnel matter at this time,” according to a statement released by the office.

The announcement comes a few days after the State Bar of Arizona accused Presiding Disciplinary Judge William J. O’Neil of abuse of power because O’Neil decided Martinez would not face ethics charges for sexual harassment allegations by several women at the County Attorney’s Office.

In March 2019, the Bar filed a formal misconduct complaint against Martinez. The complaint claimed Martinez harassed several women who worked at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and the Maricopa County Superior Court. It also accused Martinez of having a relationship with a blogger during the Arias trial.

“The allegations included making inappropriate comments, primarily to law clerks, which were of a sexual nature, engaging in unwanted touching and making persistent unwelcome invitations to go to lunch or on a date,” the state Bar’s formal complaint said.

According to the complaint, Martinez stared and commented on a female court reporter’s appearance while she was working during hearings in the Arias case. She also claimed he would make inappropriate comments…….”

*** CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY @ AZ-CENTRAL.COM ***

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $98,901.95 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

As always, be sure to leave your thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

Click the banner below to read Jade’s post – “Justice Denied: Why The Jurors Got It Wrong & How The Facts Decimate The State’s Case Against Jodi Arias.”:

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Jodi’s Appeals: Live-stream Video Replay

Click the pic below to watch the full 60 minute live-stream replay on the AZ Court’s official YouTube channel:

Click the pic below for an overview of the appeal on Fox News:

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Here is a listing of the specific issues covered during the oral arguments.

IT IS ORDERED granting appellant’s motion. The court has determined that counsel should be prepared at oral argument to address, inter alia, the following:

1. What Arizona Supreme Courts cases most accurately  describe the standard  of review for addressing prosecutorial misconduct?

2. If this courts concludes that serious, intentional prosecutorial misconduct permeated the trial, is Arias entitled to a new trial? Would double jeopardy attach?

3. What factors are relevant in deciding whether Arias was denied a fair trial based upon prosecutorial misconduct? To what extent does ongoing publicity throughout the trial affect that determination?

4. If Arias was denied a fair trial, is prejudice presumed under the third prong of the test outlined in State V. Escalante, 245 Ariz. (2018)?

5. Was Arias deprived of her ability to present her defense to the jury?

6. Assuming prosecutorial misconduct occurred, has the State met its burden of showing, beyond a reasonable doubt, that such alleged misconduct resulted in nothing more that harmless error (that the guilty verdict was surely unattributable to the prosecutorial misconduct)?

7. Assuming prosecutorial misconduct occurred, has Arias met her burden of showing fundamental, prejudicial error (that a reasonable jury could have found her not guilty but for the prosecutorial misconduct??

8. What authority supports reversing a conviction based upon prosecutorial misconduct in the face of overwhelming evidence of guilt?

9. Conversely, what authority supports affirming a conviction when there has been pervasive intentional prosecutorial misconduct?

10. If overwhelming evidence of guilt insulates a verdict from reversal regardless of the extent of the prosecutor’s misconduct, how can/should a court hold prosecutors to their ethical obligations under the rules of professional responsibility?

11. What steps. if any, might a court take to constrain a prosecutor’s conduct inside the courtroom during proceedings? Does a court have any authority to control the conduct of attorneys when they are outside the courtroom if it impacts the proceedings taking place inside the courtroom?

12. Should publicity outside the courtroom be considered when determining if there was a circus-like atmosphere surrounding the trial? Can activities publicity occurring outside the courtroom warrant a reversal?

Counsel should be prepared to answer any questions listed above. The court will allow the parties to address the issues in the order they believe most persuasive to their case.

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Click here (or click the pic below) to open the document (2 page PDF) in a new browser window:

PREVIOUS PDF DOCUMENTS:

To read Jodi’s 342 page Appeals Court Opening Brief from (July 2018) — click here.

To read The State’s Answering Briefclick here.

To read Jodi’s Appeal Reply Brief, filed April 2nd — click here.

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $105,670.98 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WE ARE TEAM JODI – AND WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS in our quest for JUSTICE FOR JODI.

Make no mistake.

Believe it.

Prepare for it.

Be part of it.

As always, be sure to leave your relevant thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

Click the banner below to read Jade’s post – “Justice Denied: Why The Jurors Got It Wrong & How The Facts Decimate The State’s Case Against Jodi Arias.”:

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Jodi’s Appeals – Oral Argument Issues (PDF)

*** UPDATE: The Court of Appeals will be live-streaming the initial oral arguments in relation to Jodi’s case. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10am on Oct. 17 inside Courtroom 2 in the Arizona State Courts Building. Live video links will be posted in this website on that date. Click here for further details. ***

Prior to that, below is a listing of the specific issues that’ll be covered during the oral arguments.

With regard to the phrase: “overwhelming evidence of guilt” as included in #10 of the document – I don’t believe we’ve ever seen any valid evidence of guilt. We saw a lot of show-boating… a lot of BS… and a lot of assumptions & wishful thinking aimed at a heavily biased jury, but never any real valid evidence of guilt.

Here are the questions in full:

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IT IS ORDERED granting appellant’s motion. The court has determined that counsel should be prepared at oral argument to address, inter alia, the following:

1. What Arizona Supreme Courts cases most accurately  describe the standard  of review for addressing prosecutorial misconduct?

2. If this courts concludes that serious, intentional prosecutorial misconduct permeated the trial, is Arias entitled to a new trial? Would double jeopardy attach?

3. What factors are relevant in deciding whether Arias was denied a fair trial based upon prosecutorial misconduct? To what extent does ongoing publicity throughout the trial affect that determination?

4. If Arias was denied a fair trial, is prejudice presumed under the third prong of the test outlined in State V. Escalante, 245 Ariz. (2018)?

5. Was Arias deprived of her ability to present her defense to the jury?

6. Assuming prosecutorial misconduct occurred, has the State met its burden of showing, beyond a reasonable doubt, that such alleged misconduct resulted in nothing more that harmless error (that the guilty verdict was surely unattributable to the prosecutorial misconduct)?

7. Assuming prosecutorial misconduct occurred, has Arias met her burden of showing fundamental, prejudicial error (that a reasonable jury could have found her not guilty but for the prosecutorial misconduct??

8. What authority supports reversing a conviction based upon prosecutorial misconduct in the face of overwhelming evidence of guilt?

9. Conversely, what authority supports affirming a conviction when there has been pervasive intentional prosecutorial misconduct?

10. If overwhelming evidence of guilt insulates a verdict from reversal regardless of the extent of the prosecutor’s misconduct, how can/should a court hold prosecutors to their ethical obligations under the rules of professional responsibility?

11. What steps. if any, might a court take to constrain a prosecutor’s conduct inside the courtroom during proceedings? Does a court have any authority to control the conduct of attorneys when they are outside the courtroom if it impacts the proceedings taking place inside the courtroom?

12. Should publicity outside the courtroom be considered when determining if there was a circus-like atmosphere surrounding the trial? Can activities publicity occurring outside the courtroom warrant a reversal?

Counsel should be prepared to answer any questions listed above. The court will allow the parties to address the issues in the order they believe most persuasive to their case.

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Click here (or click the pic below) to open the document (2 page PDF) in a new browser window:

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $105,670.98 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WE ARE TEAM JODI – AND WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS in our quest for JUSTICE FOR JODI.

Make no mistake.

Believe it.

Prepare for it.

Be part of it.

As always, be sure to leave your relevant thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

Click the banner below to read Jade’s post – “Justice Denied: Why The Jurors Got It Wrong & How The Facts Decimate The State’s Case Against Jodi Arias.”:

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Martinez “Reassigned” to Prosecuting Vehicle Thefts

*** UPDATE: The Court of Appeals will be livestreaming the initial oral arguments in relation to Jodi’s case. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10am on Oct. 17 inside Courtroom 2 in the Arizona State Courts Building. Live video links will be posted in this website on that date. Click here for further details. ***


From ABC15 Arizona:

“Juan Martinez, who for years tried homicide cases as part of the office’s capital litigation unit including the murder trial of Jodi Arias, has been moved to prosecuting vehicle thefts, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the personnel decisions within the county attorney’s office.

The auto theft bureau handles “the specialized prosecution of auto theft and auto theft related crimes,” according to its website.

*** CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY & VIDEO @ ABC15 ***

The decision to shift Martinez’s assignment comes less than three weeks after Martinez’s former boss, Bill Montgomery, was named a justice on the Arizona Supreme Court by Governor Doug Ducey. Since then, the county attorney’s office has been led by Chief Deputy Rachel Mitchell.

Mitchell released the following statement Tuesday evening:

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office remains focused on serving victims and providing justice to our community with fairness and equality. With this in mind, I have recently reassigned Deputy County Attorney Juan Martinez from the Capital Litigation Bureau to the Auto Theft Bureau. The cases assigned to our Capital Litigation Bureau are very time intensive and demand the assigned prosecutor’s undivided effort and attention. Given the Arizona Bar proceedings involving Mr. Martinez, I felt it was important to assign him a caseload that would be more flexible and allow him to take time when needed to focus on resolving these complaints. This decision does not delay the prosecution of any capital cases. To ensure this, the cases assigned to Mr. Martinez that are currently in trial or pending remand will remain with him as the lead prosecutor. This will ensure justiceis not delayed and both victims and defendants are given due process. Finally, I want to ensure due process is given to Mr. Martinez in the bar complaints, and this move should not be viewed as prejudging the outcome of the proceedings.

Documents obtained by ABC15 show Martinez’s conduct stretches back thirty years.

The State Bar has also accused Martinez of leaking confidential information to a blogger during the Arias trial with whom he was allegedly having an affair.”

*** CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY & VIDEO @ ABC15 ***

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $105,670.98 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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WE ARE TEAM JODI – AND WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS in our quest for JUSTICE FOR JODI.

Make no mistake.

Believe it.

Prepare for it.

Be part of it.

As always, be sure to leave your relevant thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Bill Montgomery Accused of Covering Up Martinez Misconduct

*** UPDATE: The Court of Appeals will be livestreaming the initial oral arguments in relation to Jodi’s case. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10am on Oct. 17 inside Courtroom 2 in the Arizona State Courts Building. Live video links will be posted in this website on that date. Click here for further details. ***


A sweeping new ethics complaint by lawyers for Jodi Arias accuses Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery of covering up misconduct by his lead prosecutor in the infamous murder case.

The complaint, filed Tuesday with the State Bar of Arizona, alleges Montgomery allowed prosecutor Juan Martinez to engage in unethical conduct during the trial and took steps to make sure the public would not find out about it.

Lawyer Karen Clark said Montgomery failed to supervise Martinez. She alleges he blocked public records from being released, including personnel records and depositions of employees who complained Martinez harassed them.

Clark also filed an ethics complaint against Martinez, citing new evidence that shows he wrote his tell-all book about the Arias case while the trial was unfolding. She has previously accused Martinez of giving a blogger and a media personality unprecedented access to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and case files during the trial.

Martinez has been the subject of at least seven bar complaints since 2015. The county has paid out more than $150,000 in attorney’s fees to defend Martinez.

The State Bar in December accused Martinez of unethical conduct in five murder cases over a 10-year period, including Arias’ case.

The Bar said Martinez:

  • Compared a Jewish defense attorney to Adolf Hitler.
  • Asked jurors how they would like to be strangled by the defendant.
  • Disregarded instructions not to repeat telling jurors that the father of a victim could never call his son again.
  • Asked jurors to imagine having their throats slit by the defendant (the conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016).
  • Told a defense lawyer during a trial sidebar that he would “f–king want to kill myself” if he were married to her and later said that she should go back to law school.

The crux of the latest complaint was Martinez’s relationship with bloggers during the trial. It alleged Martinez engaged in flirtatious or sexual relationships with the women to get inside information on the jury. The complaint also alleged he used the women to leak information about the case on social media.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY @ ABC15

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $105,426.47 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WE ARE TEAM JODI – AND WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS in our quest for JUSTICE FOR JODI.

Make no mistake.

Believe it.

Prepare for it.

Be part of it.

As always, be sure to leave your relevant thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Martinez’ Disciplinary Hearing Delayed (video)

Here’s the latest (from ABC15 Arizona) on Martinez’ disciplinary hearing.

It relates to multiple counts of well documented ethical violations & sexual misconduct charges during Jodi’s trial. The hearing which was set to start Tuesday, has now been delayed until further notice:

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $105,426.47 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WE ARE TEAM JODI – AND WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS in our quest for JUSTICE FOR JODI.

Make no mistake.

Believe it.

Prepare for it.

Be part of it.

As always, be sure to leave your relevant thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

Click the banner below to read Jade’s post – “Justice Denied: Why The Jurors Got It Wrong & How The Facts Decimate The State’s Case Against Jodi Arias.”:

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Jodi’s Appeal – Reply Brief (PDF Download)

Here’s Jodi’s Appeal Reply Brief, filed April 2nd.

Click here (or click the pic below) to open the document (96 page PDF) in a new browser window:

jodi arias appellate opening brief

The arguments covered in the brief are as follows:

ARGUMENT 1:
The trial judge’s failure to protect Arias sufficiently from the massive, pervasive and prejudicial publicity during her trial violated her right to a fair trial.

ARGUMENT 2:
The trial court violated Arias’s right to confront witnesses and the Rules of Evidence when it allowed Officer Friedman to repeat statements made to him by Arias’s grandparents regarding a .25 caliber handgun that was allegedly stolen from their home during a burglary.

ARGUMENT 3:
The trial court abused its discretion when she allowed the state’s expert to testify regarding Arias’s mental state at the time of the crime.

ARGUMENT 4:
Arias was forced to wear a stun belt throughout trial, thus violating her right to a fair trial.

ARGUMENT 5:
The trial court committed clear error when she refused to reinstate panelists after the defense brought the prosecutor’s improper peremptory strikes to her attention.

ARGUMENT 6:
Pervasive and persistent prosecutorial misconduct denied Arias her rights to due process and a fair trial.

*** Click here to open the document (96 page PDF) in a new browser window ***

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $105,247.77 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WE ARE TEAM JODI – AND WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS in our quest for JUSTICE FOR JODI.

Make no mistake.

Believe it.

Prepare for it.

Be part of it.

As always, be sure to leave your relevant thoughts & comments below…

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

Click the banner below to read Jade’s post – “Justice Denied: Why The Jurors Got It Wrong & How The Facts Decimate The State’s Case Against Jodi Arias.”:

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