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· 7/1/2004

In Re Zawada

Citations

  • 92 P.3d 862
  • 208 Ariz. 232
  • 430 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 24
  • 2004 Ariz. LEXIS 76

How courts have described this case

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  • increasing suspension from six months to six months and one day for prosecutor who intentionally deprived defendants of fair trials in two cases
  • finding a prosecutor’s appeals to the jury’s fear; disrespect for, prejudice against, and harassment of expert witnesses; and improper arguments were knowing, deliberate, and “clearly gross misconduct”
  • “[A] prosecutor cannot attack [an] expert with non-evidence, using irrelevant, insulting cross- examination and baseless argument designed to mislead the jury.”
  • “[A] prosecutor cannot attack [an] expert with non-evidence, using irrelevant, insulting cross- examination and baseless argument designed to mislead the jury.”
  • prosecutor committed same type of misconduct in two cases separated by years

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Judges: Jones, McGregor, Vice-Chief, Berch, Ryan, Hurwitz

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