Cody James Martinez v. Arizona
DueProcess Punishment
Whether trial counsel's complete abdication of responsibilities by meeting with a capital defendant for only 1:08 total in 2-4 years preceding trial constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel
Questions Presented For Review L Trial counsel only ever met with Mr. Martinez for a total of 1:08 in the 2-4 years preceding this capital trial. II. Arizona used a flawed premeditated-murder verdict to render a flawed felony-murder verdict harmless, then used the flawed felonymurder verdict to render the flawed premeditated-murder verdict harmless. I. ‘Trial counsel was unaware at trial that pecuniary gain was one of the statutory aggravating factors that the State had alleged until after it was proven. IV. Arizona has flatly rejected the well-established Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510 (2003), Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362 (2000), Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419 (1995), Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), standard of cumulative error for ineffective assistance of counsel claims. i