Jodi Arias – Appellant’s Opening Brief

After 4 extensions, Jodi’s legal team finally files her appeal…

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Jodi Arias – 7-3-2018 – FILED – APPELLANT’S OPENING BRIEF

ARGUMENT 1 
The trial judge’s failure to protect Arias sufficiently from
the massive, pervasive and prejudicial publicity during her
trial violated her right to a fair trial.

ARGUMENT 2 
The trial court violated Arias’s right to confront witnesses
and the Rules of Evidence when it allowed Officer
Friedman to repeat statements made to him by Arias’s
grandparents regarding a .25 caliber handgun that was
allegedly stolen from their home during a burglary.

ARGUMENT 3 
The trial court abused its discretion when she allowed the
state’s expert to testify regarding Arias’s mental state at
the time of the crime.

ARGUMENT 4 
Arias was forced to wear a stun belt throughout trial, thus
violating her right to a fair trial.

ARGUMENT 5
The trial court committed clear error when she refused to
reinstate panelists after the defense brought the
prosecutor’s improper peremptory strikes to her attention.

ARGUMENT 6 
Pervasive and persistent prosecutorial misconduct denied
Arias her rights to due process and a fair trial.

CONCLUSION
….For these reasons, Arias respectfully requests that her conviction for First Degree Murder be reversed.

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Record of Appellate Case filings – Jodi Arias – CR150302

We can expect to see the Answering Brief (in response) by January 4, 2019