STATE V. PAXTON
July 3, 2017
Mohave County Superior Court. Defendant’s conviction and 10 year flat time sentence for possession of methamphetamine for sale vacated and case remanded for a new trial (The judge stated this is the first Petition for Post Conviction Relief he has ever granted).
US V. MENDOZA-PADILLA
August, 2016
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered remand for resentencing. October 2015: Defendant’s sentence vacated. Defendant sentenced to time served and released from custody.
STATE V. WILLIAMS
August, 2016
Court of Appeals Outcome: first-degree murder conviction reversed. The defendant was resentenced to five years time served and released from custody.
US V. RAMIREZ
September, 2015
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered remand for resentencing. October 2015: Defendant’s sentence reduced by five years
STATE V. WOODS
August, 2015
Court of Appeals. Outcome: convictions for multiple counts of aggravated assault kidnapping etc. reversed, 87 year sentence vacated and case dismissed.
STATE V. CECENA
September 26, 2014
Trial judge denied defendant presentence incarceration credits from time in Mexican jail. Court of Appeals - case of first impression: case remanded for resentencing to give defendant his time credits.
STATE V. RHOME
August 1st, 2014
Arizona Court of Appeals defendant prosecuted for failing to appear in court. Conviction and 10 year sentence vacated
STATE V. KAUFMAN
February, 2011
Pima County Justice Court. Outcome: Defendant’s DUI conviction vacated and motion for new trial granted. Case subsequently dismissed. (Judge stated in his 12 years on the bench this is the first Petition for Postconviction Relief he has granted on a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel).
STATE V. PONSART
January 1st, 2010
224 Ariz. 518. Court confirmed defendant's right to appeal from probation revocation.
STATE V. PAYNE
January 1st, 2009
223 Ariz. 555. Case of first impression: counties cannot impose prosecution fee on defendants.
UNITED STATES V. MADUENO
January 1st, 2009
309 Fed Appx 111 (9th Circuit). Conviction and 5 year sentence reversed.
STATE V. AGUILAR
January 1st, 2007
217 Ariz. 235. Conviction reversed due to prosecutorial misconduct.
STATE V. JOHNSON
January 1st, 2007
215 Ariz. 28. Murder conviction and life sentence vacated.
STATE V. LACY
January 1st, 1996
187 Ariz. 340. Death penalty commuted to life sentence.
STATE OF ARIZONA V. MCCRIMMON
1996
Death penalty appeal. Arizona Supreme Court reversed and remanded for new trial. Defendant was subsequently acquitted.