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Last Post 30 May 2025 01:23 PM by  State Bar of Arizona
R-25-0035 Petition to Amend Rule 39(b)(12), Ariz. R. Crim. P.
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17 Jan 2025 01:06 PM
    State Bar Petition

    Lisa M. Panahi, Bar No. 023421
    General Counsel
    State Bar of Arizona
    4201 N. 24th Street, Suite 100
    Phoenix, AZ 85016-6288
    (602) 340-7236
    [email protected]

    March 31, 2026: PUBLICATION NOTICE ATTACHED BELOW


    Filed: January 17, 2025

    Would amend Rule 39(b)(12) of the Rules of Criminal Procedure to modify the process for the defense to request an interview with the victim of an alleged criminal offense.

    Comments must be submitted by no later than Thursday, May 1, 2025, and any reply by a petitioner must be submitted no later than Monday, June 2, 2025.
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    Susan Morgan
    New Member
    Posts:8 New Member

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    16 Apr 2025 06:29 PM
    Commenter:
    Elizabeth Burton Ortiz
    ARIZONA PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS' ADVISORY COUNCIL
    3838 N. Central Avenue, Suite 850
    Phoenix, AZ 85012
    Tel. (602) 542-7222
    Fax. (602) 274-4215
    [email protected]
    State Bar No. 012838

    Please refer to attachments for comment submitted in opposition to R-25-0035 petition.

    Submitted on behalf of Ms. Ortiz by:
    Susan Morgan
    Executive Assistant
    Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys' Advisory Council
    Tel. (602) 542-7201
    [email protected]
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    Yolanda Fox
    Basic Member
    Posts:297 Basic Member

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    28 Apr 2025 01:39 PM
    RACHEL H. MITCHELL
    MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY
    (FIRM STATE BAR NO. 00032000)

    BLAINE GADOW
    CHIEF DEPUTY
    225 WEST MADISON STREET
    PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85003
    TELEPHONE: (602) 506-3800
    (STATE BAR NUMBER 015741)
    [email protected]

    PETITION TO AMEND RULE 39(b)(12) OF THE ARIZONA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

    R-25-0035

    MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COMMENT IN OPPOSITION
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    Lina Garcia
    New Member
    Posts:34 New Member

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    30 Apr 2025 11:36 PM
    Joint Comment by Maricopa Indigent Defense Offices

    620 W. Jackson St. Suite 4015
    Phoenix, AZ 85003
    (602) 506-7711
    [email protected]
    AZ State Bar #025997
    Attachments
    Jared Keenan
    New Member
    Posts: New Member

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    01 May 2025 01:08 PM
    Comment of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice and
    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Arizona

    Jared G. Keenan
    AZ Bar No. 027068
    P.O. Box 17148
    Phoenix, AZ 85011
    (602) 650-1854
    [email protected]

    Kathleen E. Brody
    AZ Bar No. 026331
    MITCHELL | STEIN | CAREY | CHAPMAN
    PC 2600 N. Central Ave., Suite 1000
    Phoenix, AZ 85004
    (602) 358-0290
    [email protected]
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    State Bar of Arizona
    Basic Member
    Posts:214 Basic Member

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    30 May 2025 01:23 PM
    Reply of the State Bar of Arizona

    Lisa M. Panahi
    Bar No. 023421
    State Bar of Arizona
    4201 N. 24th Street, Suite 100
    Phoenix, AZ 85016-6288
    (602) 340-7236
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
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