No. 25-6315

Jasper Phillip Rushing v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2025-12-08
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process fundamental-error preservation-doctrine shackling
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the Arizona Supreme Court err in concluding that Mr. Rushing failed to preserve below?

2. If the claim was unpreserved, did the unjustified visible shackling constitute reversible error, nonetheless?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Arizona Supreme Court err in concluding that Mr. Rushing failed to preserve his constitutional challenge to visible shackling, and if unpreserved, does such unjustified shackling constitute reversible error?

Docket Entries

2026-02-06
Brief of State of Arizona in opposition submitted.
2025-12-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2026.
2025-12-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2026 to February 6, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-12-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 7, 2026)

Attorneys

Arizona
Jason P. GannonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jasper Rushing
Damon Anthony RossiMaricopa County Office of the Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Arizona
Jason Dale LewisArizona Attorney General's Office, Respondent