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The Gila County Superior Court is pleased to announce that the Hon. Timothy M. Wright has been appointed to chair the Arizona Supreme Court’s Committee on Superior Court. The Committee on Superior Court is a standing statewide committee of the Supreme Court that assists in the development and implementation of polices designed to improve the quality of justice, access to the courts, and efficiency in court operations. For more information see www.azcourts.gov/cscommittees/CommitteeonSuperiorCourt.aspx.
As chair, Judge Wright will also receive a seat on the Arizona Judicial Council. Created in 1990, the Arizona Judicial Council is a policy making body that assists the Arizona Supreme Court and the Chief Justice in the development and implementation of policies and procedures for the administration of all courts, uniformity in court operations, and coordination of court services that improve the administration of justice in the state of Arizona.
Arizona Supreme Court launches task force to study no-knock warrants
A task force in Arizona will study no-knock and nighttime search warrants after the death of a Black woman in Kentucky led to changes nationwide on how warrants are issued for law enforcement.
Breonna Taylor, 26, was shot and killed by Louisville police in March 2020 during a drug search that went wrong. She was unarmed. Her death led the
Kentucky Senate to pass a bill restricting the use of no-knock warrants and similar moves by other states.
On Wednesday, Chief Justice Robert Brutinel of the Arizona Supreme Court issued an administrative order creating a task force to look into search warrants. The task force, composed of lawyers, judges, professors and law enforcement officials from across the state, will study the process of how no-knock and nighttime search warrants are being issued.
PHOENIX (AP) Possible changes to Arizona's jury selection system to make sure that trial juries include a fair cross-section of local communities will be the focus of a newly created task force.