Arizona Supreme Court, 1984

The court held that counsel who has completed the required first-appeal procedure and found no meritorious issue need not petition for discretionary review when the client demands it. The defendant may seek review pro se, but the court will not search the record for error at that stage.

The Arizona Supreme Court, sitting en banc, vacated the court of appeals decision and reversed summary judgment for Universal Underwriters and its agent Doxsee, holding that an insured's failure to read an unambiguous boiler-plate policy is not an absolute bar to recovery on theories of equitable estoppel…

Accepting special action jurisdiction, the Arizona Supreme Court held that retrial of Steven Pool is barred by the double jeopardy clause of art. 2, § 10 of the Arizona Constitution because the prosecutor's egregiously improper cross-examination was intentional conduct, known to be improper and prejudicial, pursued…