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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) THE HONORABLE SILVIA R. ARELLANO, ) JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ) ARIZONA, in and for the County ) of Pinal, ) ) Respondent, ) ) AND ) ) MICHAEL APELT and RUDI APELT, ) ) Real Parties in Interest. ) ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-05-0397-SA Pinal County Superior Court No. CR-14946

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Special Action from the Superior Court in Pinal County The Honorable Silvia R. Arellano, Judge JURISDICTION ACCEPTED; RELIEF GRANTED IN PART; REMANDED ________________________________________________________________ TERRY GODDARD, ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL By Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel Capital Litigation Section Patricia A. Nigro, Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for State of Arizona DANA CARPENTER Attorney for Michael Apelt Phoenix

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JON M. SANDS, FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER Phoenix By Michael L. Burke, Assistant Federal Public Defender Attorneys for Rudi Apelt McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP By Douglas G. Edelschick And Washington, DC

SNELL & WILMER LLP Phoenix By Daniel J. McAuliffe Kim S. Magyar Attorneys for Amicus Curiae American Association on Mental Retardation; Amicus Curiae The ARC of the United States; and Amicus Curiae The ARC of Arizona ________________________________________________________________ M c G R E G O R, Chief Justice

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