*** 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. ***
“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.
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Make no mistake.
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SJ
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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.”:
Here’s Kiefer’s reaction, and he’s so right: https://twitter.com/michaelbkiefer/status/1176691457765208064?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email
And here’s the ACLU’s: https://twitter.com/ACLUaz/status/1176986872125382656?fbclid=IwAR1LYJPd4FemZAM5vFKZsHgN2gVQjoooKxsSeXBZR-V8qy7a9VX2FAe2wZ0
As I said on the previous thread, I love how we are not supposed to read ANYTHING at all into why he was relocated to a different office where the term “high profile” is not used hardly at all. It was only to allow him to have more time to deal with all of these ethics complaints.
I am curious to hear how Kiefer’s replacement views these developments? Anybody??
Also, I did not know that there was documentation on his antics that went back THIRTY YEARS!
https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/arizona-supreme-court-orders-independent-review-of-complaint-against-justice-bill-montgomery-and-juan-martinez
More from the ACLU …
https://www.acluaz.org/en/news/we-are-fighting-maricopa-countys-rampant-prosecutorial-misconduct?fbclid=IwAR2fGO-iu2ExVZQ7IGFZ_b6xB1CPl0fCZlox7uLW2eAYjqzftjLfYatbnsE
According to Alan’s article, this is the normal mode of operations in Arizona and has been for many years. The two death penalty reversals are real bad in and of themselves because of the finality of the sentence. The fact that Martinez is not the only bad apple in this DA office is frightening along with the way AZ has been rewarding these people in spite of their behavior. Montgomery seemed to be part of the problem and not the solution with all his secrecy and cover-ups and now he is a chief justice. I am curious to see how much influence the ACLU can generate in this case.
Arizona Capitol Times:
“SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE MONTGOMERY ETHICS COMPLAINT”
“The Arizona Supreme Court has assigned a special outside counsel to investigate ethics complaints against newly appointed Justice Bill Montgomery and prosecutor Juan Martinez.
“The investigation will be the first of its kind, in that a sitting Supreme Court justice will be investigated over a bar complaint.
“The complaint filed earlier this month by attorney Karen Clark contends that Montgomery, as Maricopa County attorney, unethically covered up misconduct by Juan Martinez, who was his lead prosecutor, regarding Martinez’s activities in the murder trial of Jodi Arias.”
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/09/26/special-counsel-to-investigate-montgomery-ethics-complaint/
https://freejodi.wordpress.com/misconduct/
Troy Haden just tweeted- the appellate court docs were released in Jodi Arias case and that her attorneys will get the chance to answer questions on the impact of prosecutorial misconduct in the face of overwhelming evidence against her on her murder trial. This is being seen as a small victory for Arias’ team…I wrote that verbatim
This tweet has a list of issues to be debated in oral argument Oct 17:
https://twitter.com/troyhaydenfox10/status/1178795301760450560
New post added:
Jodi’s Appeals – Oral Argument Issues (PDF):
https://jodiariasisinnocent.com/jodi-arias-appeals-oral-argument-issues-jodi-arias-is-innocent
SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<