No. 24-6995

Preston Alton Strong v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2025-04-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof due-process external-evidence judicial-error jury-misconduct trial-procedure
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-06-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Arizona Supreme Court err by shifting the burden of proof of harm to the defendant after a juror was exposed to inadmissible external evidence during trial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Capital Case Did the Arizona Supreme Court err when, like a substantial number of courts throughout the country, it violated the rule contained in Court’s decisions in Mattox v. United States , 146 U.S. 140, 13 S.Ct. 50 (1892), and Remmer v. United States , 347 U.S. 227, 74 S.Ct. 450 (1954), by shifting the burden of proof of harm to the defendant even though a juror had inadmissible, external evidence during the defendant’s trial and shared it with other jurors? i

Docket Entries

2025-06-16
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/12/2025.
2025-05-14
Brief of State of Arizona in opposition submitted.
2025-05-14
2025-03-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 15, 2025)
2025-01-27
Application (24A736) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 31, 2025.
2025-01-20
Application (24A736) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 30, 2025 to March 31, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Preston Strong
Julie Singleton Hall — Petitioner
Julie Singleton Hall — Petitioner
State of Arizona
Laura Patrice ChiassonArizona Attorney General, Respondent
Laura Patrice ChiassonArizona Attorney General, Respondent