State v. Bennett

OPINION

McGREGOR, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 We granted review to consider whether Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2.a(3) 1 precludes defendant Donna Jean Bennett’s claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and, if it does not, whether Bennett has stated a colorable claim. Bennett bases her ineffective assistance of counsel claim on appellate counsel’s failure to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence on the causation element of her felony murder conviction. We hold that Bennett’s claim is not precluded and that she has stated a colorable claim of ineffective assistance of appellate…