State of AZ v Ring

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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) v. ) ) TIMOTHY STUART RING, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-97-0428-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) ANDRE LAMONT MINNITT, ) ) Appellant. ) ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-99-0243-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) BERNARD SMITH, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-01-0272-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-99-0536-AP ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) ANTOIN JONES, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR-95-01754(A) Pima County Superior Court No. CR-40086 Yuma County Superior Court Nos. S1400CR198311801 and S1400CR198311817 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR96-04691 STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) DANNY N. MONTANO, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-99-0439-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) WAYNE BENOIT PRINCE, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-00-0328-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) MICHAEL GENE BLAKLEY, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-00-0360-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-00-0447-AP ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) HENRY WILLIAM HALL, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) -2- Pima County Superior Court No. CR-58016 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR98-04885 Mohave County Superior Court No. CR-98-838 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR1997-011695 STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) SHAWN RYAN GRELL, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-01-0275-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-00-0508-AP ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) JAMES EDWARD DAVOLT, II, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) LEROY D. CROPPER, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) SHAD DANIEL ARMSTRONG, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) -3- Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR 1999-095294 Mohave County Superior Court No. CR-98-1243 Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-00-0544-AP Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR1997-03949 Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-00-0595-AP Pima County Superior Court No. CR-61846 STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) EUGENE ROBERT TUCKER, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-01-0091-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) KAJORNSAK PRASERTPHONG, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-01-0100-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) CHRISTOPHER BO HUERSTEL, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-01-0103-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-01-0129-AP ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) SHERMAN LEE RUTLEDGE, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) -4- Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR1999-015293 Pima County Superior Court No. CR-64663 Pima County Superior Court No. CR-64663 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR1997-05555 STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) CHRISTOPHER GEORGE THEODORE ) LAMAR, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-01-0270-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) MICHAEL JOE MURDAUGH, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-01-0421-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) BRIAN JEFFREY DANN, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-02-0042-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-02-0044-AP ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) ROBERT JOE MOODY, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) -5- Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR1996-011714 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR1995-006472 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR1999-003536 Pima County Superior Court No. CR-43804 STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) KEITH ROYAL PHILLIPS, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-99-0296-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) MARCUS LASALLE FINCH, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-99-0551-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-99-0438-AP ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) JOHN EDWARD SANSING, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) v. ) ) JAMES CORNELL HARROD, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) -6- Pima County Superior Court No. CR-61452 Pima County Superior Court No. CR-61452 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR-98-003520 Supreme Court No. CR-98-0289-AP Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR95-09046 STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) v. ) ) DARREL PETER PANDELI aka DARREL ) PETER FLORIAN, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-98-0376-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-97-0317-AP ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) SCOTT ALAN LEHR, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) STATE OF ARIZONA, Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR-93-08116 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR 92-05731 ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) ARTURO ANDA CANEZ, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-98-0488-AP STATE OF ARIZONA, Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-97-0349-AP ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) AARON SCOTT HOSKINS, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) -7- Pinal County Superior Court No. CR-96-021235 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR-94-11397 STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) SCOTT DOUGLAS NORDSTROM, ) ) Appellant. ) __________________________________) Appellants have filed Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-98-0278-AP Pima County Superior Court No. CR-55947 O R D E R a Suggestion of Grounds for Recusal which respectfully requests that Justice Michael Ryan recuse himself from this consolidated action because of his service as superior court judge in Arizona v. Ring, CR 95-01754(A), to which the State filed a response. Although Justice Ryan ruled on some pre-trial motions in the Ring case, the case was reassigned to another judge and he did not preside at trial or participate in sentencing. Those facts provide no basis on which any reasonable person could reasonably question Justice Ryan s impartiality. See Canons 2.A and 3.E, Code of Judicial Conduct, Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 81. The Court has determined that Appellants have shown no grounds for recusal. DATED this _____ day of October, 2002. ______________________________ RUTH V. McGREGOR Vice Chief Justice -8- TO: Janet A Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General Attn: Kent E Cattani Andrew Hurwitz John Stookey Susan A Kettlewell, Pima County Public Defender Attn: Brian X Metcalf, Lori J Lefferts, Rebecca A McLean, John F Palumbo and Frank P Leto Carla G Ryan John W Rood III James J Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender's Office Attn: Garrett W Simpson, Carol A Carrigan, Stephen R Collins, Lawrence S Matthew, Edward F McGee, James L Edgar, Charles R Krull, James R Rummage, Christopher Johns, James H Kemper, Terry J Adams, and Spencer D Heffel J Conrad Baran Thomas A Gorman Rudolph J Gerber, Shughart Thomson Kilroy Goodwin Raup PC Jennifer Bedier, Arizona Capital Representation Project Julie S Hall, Arizona Capital Representation Project Harriette P Levitt S Jonathan Young, Law Offices of Williamson & Young PC Robert W Doyle Richard L Strohm, Law Offices of Richard L Strohm Susan M Sherwin, Maricopa County Legal Advocate Attn: Brent E Graham Michael S Reeves J Douglas McVay Stephen M Johnson David Alan Darby Thomas J Phalen Tara K Allen Kerrie Droban Jonathan Bass, Arizona Death Penalty Judicial Assistance Program (Southern Counties) [Information Copy Only] Andrew P Zinner, Arizona Death Penalty Judicial Assistance Program (Northern Counties) [Information Copy Only] -9-

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