State of Arizona v. Knute Eckhard Kolmann

Chief Justice BALES,

opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 We affirm the trial court’s summary dismissal of claims for post-conviction relief asserting that defense counsel was ineffective and juror misconduct occurred when the judge, without objection, replaced a juror who said she could not judge anybody’s guilt or innocence.

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¶ 2 A jury in 2010 found Knute Kolmann guilty on ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a minor. On the sixth day of trial, after the jury had deliberated for several hours, the jury foreperson sent the trial judge a…