Arizona Supreme Court· 7/16/1992

State v. Melendez

Citations

834 P.2d 154
172 Ariz. 68
117 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 12
1992 Ariz. LEXIS 50

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holding it constitutionally unfair for the State to provide a prisoner the right to legal representation and then call that counsel to testify against the prisoner regarding said legal representation
finding it would violate a defendant’s due process rights to permit testimony from his inmate representative even 3 CLEMENTS v. HON. BERNINI/STATE Opinion of the Court without an attorney-client relationship
“The touchstone of due process under both the Arizona and federal constitutions is fundamental fairness.”
\The touchstone of due process under both the Arizona and federal constitutions is fundamental fairness.\
the touchstone of due process under the Arizona and federal constitutions is fundamental fairness
the touchstone of due process under the Arizona and federal constitutions is fundamental fairness

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Judges: Feldman, Moeller, Cameron, Haire, Gordon, Ariz, Const, Arizona, Corcoran

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