Arizona Supreme Court to rule on expert testimony
The Arizona Supreme Court is scheduled to rule Thursday on whether an expert witness in a criminal trial must be familiar with the facts of the defendant's case.
Definition of lobbyist hard to pin down
Even the question of who is a lobbyist is debatable, thanks to wide-ranging exemptions in the laws governing who is required to register as a lobbyist. Those exemptions cover everyone from John Q. Public to, arguably, one of the state’s most powerful public policy groups: The Goldwater Institute.
Judges conflicted on expert witness law; high court may intervene
Two judges have issued contradictory rulings on whether a new law regarding expert witnesses and testimony is constitutional, and attorneys are now asking the Arizona Supreme Court to decide the matter.