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 (from Petition)

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 presumptively-prejudicial, inadmissible, external evidence during the defendant's trial and shared it with other jurors?

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?

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
State of Arizona
Laura Patrice ChiassonArizona Attorney General, Respondent