Scott Douglas Nordstrom v. State of Arizona

OPINION

PELANDER, Chief Judge.

¶ 1 In the underlying capital case, the respondent judge, acting in his role as presiding judge of the Pima County Superior Court, denied petitioner Scott Nordstrom’s motion for change of the assigned judge (Judge Cruikshank) for cause, filed pursuant to Rule 10.1, Ariz. R.Crim. P., 16A A.R.S. Thereafter, the respondent judge denied Nordstrom’s motion for reconsideration of that ruling. In his petition for special action in this court, Nordstrom argues, inter alia, the respondent judge erred in ruling on Nordstrom’s motion for change of judge for cause because the…