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The former TV anchor has already lost two trials that challenged her loss to Democratic Gov. Initially, Lake’s challenge focused on problems with ballot printers at some polling places in Maricopa County. They also alleged the county ultimately accepted thousands of ballots that had been rejected earlier by workers for having mismatched signatures. They also said disclosing early ballot envelopes wouldn’t promote the best interest of the state, and would invite voter fraud and put the public at risk of identity theft. Lake’s lawyer has argued that the ballot envelopes aren’t entitled to privacy protections simply because they contain signatures and that the denial of records prevents Lake from monitoring election activity.

Persons: — Kari Lake, Katie Hobbs, Lake, Donald Trump’s, haven’t Organizations: PHOENIX, Republican, Democratic Gov, U.S . Senate, Appeals, Arizona Supreme Locations: Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix

☆ Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence for Arizona Defendant
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Jess Bravin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Supreme Court ruled that Arizona courts made mistakes in the case of a man convicted in the shooting death of a police officer. WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court set aside an Arizona inmate’s death sentence Wednesday, finding by 5-4 that state courts violated his constitutional rights by denying him and his lawyers the chance to inform jurors that he would receive life imprisonment without parole were they to vote against his execution. For nearly three decades, Supreme Court precedent has required trial courts to afford capital defendants the opportunity to tell jurors when a life sentence included no chance of parole. But the Arizona Supreme Court, citing procedural reasons, said John Montenegro Cruz wasn’t entitled to make those points and denied appeals of his death sentence.

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Republican Kari Lake, who lost her bid last month to become Arizona’s governor, were in court Wednesday arguing that the election was invalid and should be overturned. Lake lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs by about 17,000 votes in the Nov. 8 election. A central tenet of her gubernatorial campaign was endorsing former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Marc Elias, an election attorney whose firm is representing Hobbs, said on Twitter that Lake had little chance of prevailing under the law. “Proving intentional wrongdoing and that it affected the outcome of the election will be impossible for Lake,” Elias wrote.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined over the objection of two justices to decide whether defendants facing serious criminal charges are legally entitled to a 12-person jury, rejecting an appeal from an Arizona man convicted of fraud by a jury of just eight people. The decision not to take up the appeal brought by defendant Ramin Khorrami means states can continue to use of six- or eight-person juries for felony offenses. Florida, the third most populous state, uses six-person juries for all non-death penalty-eligible criminal cases. A 12-person jury is a common feature in dramatic depictions of criminal trials, such as the 1957 classic film "12 Angry Men." In February of this year, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to hear Khorrami’s case.

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