Court demands answers about allegations of prosecutorial misconduct against Juan Martinez
By Lauren Castle and Robert Anglen | Arizona Republic
Jodi Arias may get another chance to plead her case.
The Arizona Court of Appeals has agreed to consider how numerous allegations of misconduct against Maricopa County prosecutor Juan Martinez could overturn Arias’ conviction.
Arias was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for murdering Travis Alexander in his Mesa home in 2008. The trial, full of tales of sex and violence, made headlines nationwide. It also made Martinez a household name.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office did not initially provide comment when contacted by The Arizona Republic.
Separate from the Arias criminal case, Martinez is facing a series of ethics complaints by the State Bar of Arizona and Arias’ lawyers for behavior in multiple criminal cases.
Among the ethics allegations that stem from the Arias trial: he provided information to a blogger covering the Arias trial, provided false testimony during an investigation and made sexual remarks to a Maricopa County Superior Court employee.
