Court Opinion

ID: 9796628
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 04:01:16.427787+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:50:48.142611
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MARTONE, Justice,
dissenting.
¶ 16 I would grant relief. In State v. Hughes, 193 Ariz. 72, 969 P.2d 1184 (1998), Hughes sought a new trial based upon prosecutorial misconduct. He did not raise double jeopardy nor did he seek an order of dismissal based upon double jeopardy. We remanded for new trial. He has thus waived the issue. We specifically said, “[b]ecause defendant was convicted and is seeking a new trial, the double jeopardy clause is not an issue in this case.” 193 Ariz. at 80, 969 P.2d at 1192. A party cannot raise a new issue after remand. Nor do I believe the trial judge could *394do anything other than comply with the mandate of this court to give the defendant a new trial.
¶ 17 Even if Hughes were not foreclosed from raising the double jeopardy issue, I believe double jeopardy does not arise under both the federal and state constitutions. Under Oregon v. Kennedy, 456 U.S. 667, 679, 102 S.Ct. 2083, 2091, 72 L.Ed.2d 416 (1982) and Pool v. Superior Court, 139 Ariz. 98, 677 P.2d 261 (1984), double jeopardy does not apply where no mistrial has been declared. Hughes was not deprived of a verdict from the jury impaneled to hear his case. This case went to verdict. In Pool, we held “that jeopardy attaches under art. 2, § 10 of the Arizona Constitution when a mistrial is granted.” 139 Ariz. at 108, 677 P.2d at 271. Oregon v. Kennedy is to the same effect. See United States v. McAleer, 138 F.3d 852, 855-56 (10th Cir.1998). (“Defendants’ reliance on Kennedy is misplaced, however, because no mistrial was declared in this case.”) In addition, in Pool, we found that “this prosecutor intentionally engaged in improper conduct for the purpose of forcing defendant to seek a mistrial so that the prosecution could procure a new indictment with correct charges.” 139 Ariz. at 107, 677 P.2d at 270. We made no such finding in this case. There was no evidence in this case that this prosecutor engaged in misconduct in order to provoke defendant to move for a mistrial to avoid a fear of acquittal.
¶ 18 By applying double jeopardy here, the line between prosecutorial misconduct which results in a new trial, on the one hand, and prosecutorial misconduct which results in double jeopardy, on the other, is blurred.
¶ 19 Hughes sought and obtained an order granting a new trial. He was not entitled to dismissal. I therefore respectfully dissent.