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She declined to be interviewed. He got out in May 2010. .inner_percentage.Libertarian { position: absolute; .race_header.republican { Contact ABC15 Investigator Dave Biscobing at Dave@ABC15.com. Search by Last Name/First Name. } .hideResponses { display: none;} .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, State and local courts | margin-bottom:0px; font-size: 0.9em; In her earlier order issued from the bench, Otis told the attorneys and the media that she was barring use of Gallaghers name in the John Allen case because of an order in another case, presumably the stalking case. .key-messages li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0px;} } } overflow-y: auto; } Superior Court Judge John Hannah dismissed the state GOP's lawsuit in November, but didn't provide any reasoning at the time, saying only that he would issue a full ruling at a later date. .infobox { } This is devastating. Otis was a judge in Maricopa County Superior Court. } border:1px solid #FFB81F; His current term ends on January 6, 2025. .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, Meanwhile, in another courtroom in another Superior Court tower, Gallagher was the victim in the trial of a man who had stalked her repeatedly after she put him in prison in 2008. Allens wife, Sammantha Allen, already had been sentenced to death for the same murder, and three other relatives have been sentenced to prison for crimes related to the girls death. Apply today! } Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jay Polk knew Mroz through different stages in her career as a standout law student at ASU, law clerk, and a judge. } .results_row td { .courts-container hr {background-color:#f0a236;padding-bottom:2px;}, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. District Court: District of Arizona U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona, Arizona Supreme Court font-size: 0.9em; background-color: #f9d334; The next day, the jurors found aggravating factors that would allow the judge to impose a stiff sentence. (The system is unavailable Tuesday through Saturday from 3:00 am to 4:00 am.) Multiple sources told ABC15 that Otiss email address was bouncing emails and her name was not listed in the county attorneys office employee directory. $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { } } Email: pasupport@courts.az.gov. } } Arizona Court of Appeals padding-left: 8px; }) font-size: 12px; .clearfix { Grant also argued there was no need for Otis to issue a formal order indicating she had lifted the media ban because she said at the outset that it would expire as soon as there was a verdict in the case in which Gallagher was the victim. .widget-row.Democratic { font-size: 20px; Arizona Superior Court display: inline-block; p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. .non_result_row div { 100% remote. font-weight: bold; } float: right; height: 40px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-bottom:0px; @media (max-width:600px) { | At issue was the legal concept of prior restraint, which is a pre-publication censorship of the media. font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 4px; display: inline-block; display: block; Commissioners handle specific assigned cases and uncontested matters. .non_result_row { } We are not lawyers. 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} background-color: red; } Please, Arizona local trial court judicial elections, 2016, Arizona judicial elections, 2012 - Superior Courts, Office of the Governor, "Governor Jan Brewer Announces Appointment of Superior Court Judges in Maricopa County," September 1, 2010, Maricopa County 2012 Unofficial Election Results, https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Peter_Thompson&oldid=9030430, Maricopa County Superior Court candidate, 2020, Arizona superior court judges, Maricopa County, Successful Arizona judicial candidates, 2012, Arizona candidate, Maricopa County Superior Court, Conflicts in school board elections, 2021-2022, Special Congressional elections (2023-2024), 2022 Congressional Competitiveness Report, State Executive Competitiveness Report, 2022, State Legislative Competitiveness Report, 2022, Partisanship in 2022 United States local elections. font-weight: 100; color: #888; He went into private practice after graduating from law school. } background-color: #003388; color: black; $('.collapse').collapse('hide'); .race_header { } Counties | Please, Municipal elections in Maricopa County, Arizona (2022), https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Rusty_Crandell&oldid=9059014, Maricopa County Superior Court candidate, 2022, Former Arizona superior court judges, Maricopa County, Conflicts in school board elections, 2021-2022, Special Congressional elections (2023-2024), 2022 Congressional Competitiveness Report, State Executive Competitiveness Report, 2022, State Legislative Competitiveness Report, 2022, Partisanship in 2022 United States local elections. When Gallaghers involvement in the two cases intersected, a court order was issued that appears unprecedented in Maricopa County. Under Arizona Supreme Court rules, records related to the commissions investigations and deliberations are confidential. max-width: 400px; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 16px; .votebox_legend { .expand-all:hover, .collapse-all:hover {cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;} See our Privacy Policy for more information. Bodney suggested to Otis that there were less-limiting means to protect the integrity of the stalking trial, such as ordering jurors not to follow media coverage. width: 100%; width: 100%; font-size: .9em; a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; } First and last name. Learn more about how a case generally moves through the court system by visitingthe. padding-left: 0; Now, The Republic and other media companies are challenging it, accusing the judge of violating the U.S. and Arizona constitutions on First Amendment grounds. width: 100% Suzanne Nicholls did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey. top: 0px; .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { The other allegations were unfounded and dismissed. display: table; ABC15s investigation into former judge Erin Otis. } font-weight: bold; Otis began exploring employment options with MCAO later that year and was officially hired as a prosecutor in January 2020. font-weight: 300; .results_row { In a phone conversation before ABC15s interview with Bowen, he said he also saw memes shared in other judges courtrooms. } padding:7px 8px 8px; a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; } background-color: grey; padding-bottom: 0px; } text-align: center; @media (max-width:600px) { .inner_percentage.Libertarian { She is definition of no t an honorable person. overflow-y: hidden; Apply today! margin-bottom: 4px; On Friday, ABC15 launched its (dis)Honorable investigation, which examines the behavior in Otiss courtroom when she presided over high-level criminal cases. .votebox-results-cell--number { Next up in 5. Watch the latest (dis)Honorable investigation tonight on ABC15 News at 6. } padding-top: 8px; The mother of two, was also a mother-like figure on the bench. display: inline-block; .widget-row { } A court battle nearly stopped . School districts | clearInterval(nTimer); width: 100% !important; } Upcoming reports will include expert analysis, a lack of transparency and public accountability with judicial oversight, and MCAOs hiring of the judge. } padding-left: 10px; } The service dog met the witness this past Friday in preparation for the trial. display: inline-block; } background-color: #003388; overflow: hidden; It was essentially a service dog that would sit with Gallagher to calm and assure her. font-weight: 100; } Crandell lost in the retention election on November 8, 2022. .results_table_container { color: white; .widget-key { } Cities | .results_row td { U.S. Congress | text-align: center; ABC15 also discovered an MCAO prosecutor, who now works alongside Otis, also participated in the jokes with her staff during a hearing.

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This is devastating to Erin, Bowen said. if (typeof $  !=  'undefined') { $('.hideResponses').hide(); 	height: 50px; 	font-size: 12px; Counties | 	height: 40px; | 	margin-bottom: 0px; 	text-align: left !important; } } 	background-color: #6db24f; 	vertical-align: top; In a new written statement, the county attorneys office does not directly answer those questions.  	margin-top: 0px; .votebox-results-metadata-p { 	font-size: .9em; In addition to the death verdict, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Erin O'Brien Otis sentenced John Allen to 60 1/2 years in prison for the three child-abuse counts and the one count of conspiracy to commit child abuse. 	padding-bottom: 0px; 	border: 1px solid #999; 	font-weight: bold; .widget-row.Libertarian { 	overflow-y: hidden; 	margin-top: 1px; }  	position: absolute; Nicholls   ran for re-election for judge of the  Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. | } 	vertical-align: top; 	clear: both; He assumed office in 2010. He defended Otis as an ethical person with a big heart who cares about the defendants. .widget-key { .inner_percentage.Green { 	word-wrap: break-word; No other information was available for release at this time, Dave, according to an email sent by MCAO officials.        .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}   Thompson   ran for re-election for judge of the  Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. } 	background-color: #003388; } Please, Municipal elections in Maricopa County, Arizona (2022), https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Suzanne_Nicholls&oldid=9059070, Maricopa County Superior Court candidate, 2022, Arizona superior court judges, Maricopa County, Conflicts in school board elections, 2021-2022, Special Congressional elections (2023-2024), 2022 Congressional Competitiveness Report, State Executive Competitiveness Report, 2022, State Legislative Competitiveness Report, 2022, Partisanship in 2022 United States local elections, Arizona Public Defender Associations Outstanding Performance Award (July 2017). 	width: 57%; } An MCAO response also did not answer several of ABC15s specific questions. 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Elections in 2023 | 	color: #888; .votebox_bp_logo { .inner_percentage.Republican { .hideResponses { display: none;} Who is Former Arizona Judge and Now Suspended Prosecutor Erin Otis? $('.showResponses').hide(); 	height: 22px;    .external_links_table { width: auto !important; } 	border-radius: 50%; .results_row { 	background-color: green; .race_header.republican { .widget-row.Republican { 	font-weight: bold; 	margin-bottom: 4px; 	letter-spacing: .04em; $('#candidate-connection-twitter-155704').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-twitter'); }); An ABC15 investigation exposed she and her judicial staff frequently mocked and ridiculed people in their courtroom by sending cruel. $('.showResponses').show(); 	font-weight: bold; 	color: #FF6347; For document templates and information about the Criminal Department's Jail Tablet Hearing and SMART Cart programs, please click here. PHOENIX  Flags across the state are at half staff Monday for Maricopa County Superior Judge Rosa Mroz, who was fatally hit by a car. 	font-size: 12px; .panel-heading:hover { cursor: pointer;} } .widget-row.Republican { The media companies contended that Otis was blocking them from reporting facts  in a death-penalty case, no less  that any member of the public easily could discover by walking into the courtroom during trial or going on the Internet and reading the court record or viewing past news stories about Allen and the 10-year-old victim. } }. 	word-wrap: break-word; 	text-align: center; But an ABC15 request for additional material to better understand why the commission dismissed the complaints was denied. 	letter-spacing: .03em; 	position: absolute; 	text-align: center; 	margin: 8px auto; 	background-color: #f9d334; 	margin-bottom: 4px; 	letter-spacing: 0.03em; } border:1px solid #FFB81F; Phoenix, AZ 85003, In February of 2012, the Criminal Department began operations in the, The Criminal Department anchors a number of, The criminal courts hear cases where the State has filed charges against one or more persons alleged to have committed criminal offenses. .key-messages li {margin-bottom: 10px;} School districts | .outer_percentage { Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. } 	display: inline-block; MCAO has not released any statements condemning the past conduct of Otis or her judicial staff. 	font-size: 12px; 	text-align: center; 	background-color: #f9f9f9; 	padding-left: 10px; div.survey-scrollbox {  height:400px;  overflow:scroll;  margin:20px;  padding:10px;  border:1px solid gray; } } 	padding-left: 8px; .courts-header { font-size:150%;background-color:#334aab;color:white;} This page was current at the end of the official's last term in office covered by Ballotpedia. 	top: -1px; 	background-color: #003388; } Doug Ducey on Friday appointed four people to the Maricopa County Superior Court to fill vacancies created by one resignation and three retirements. } Jillian Francis . 	font-weight: bold; [1], From 2007 until his appointment as judge, Thompson served as a commissioner on the superior court. } These calendars help to expedite cases though the justice system, in addition to offering more specialized services where needed. .race_header.republican { She should be fired and charged with misconduct! .race_header.republican { } 	width: 100%; a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; } Mroz was a Maricopa County Superior Court judge for nearly two decades. 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