State of Arizona v. Joseph Javier Romero

OPINION

MILLER, Judge:

¶ 1 After a jury trial, Joseph Romero was convicted of second-degree murder. State v. Romero, 236 Ariz. 461, ¶ 1, 341 P.3d 493, 496 (App.2014) (Romero I), vacated in part, 239 Ariz. 6, 365 P.3d 358 (2016) (Romero II). He raised multiple issues on appeal and this court affirmed his conviction. Id. Our supreme court granted Romero’s petition for review on a single issue—whether the trial court abused its discretion by precluding Romero from offering expert testimony criticizing the methods used by firearms examiners to match a gun to a crime. Romero II, 239 Ariz. 6, ¶¶ 1,…