Warren Granville

The fight to free Courtney Bisbee: Her supporters rally at the Arizona state capitol.

The Shoe Still Don't Fit, But...

Another stain on Andrew "Nifong" Thomas' record: The continued imprisonment of Courtney Bisbee.

rder Trial--says prosecutor played dirty

Slick "Dr. Gary" Karpin Finally Goes on Trial

Gary "Dr. Buzzard" Karpin Convicted On All Counts

MURDER MYSTERY

BOTTOMS UP

BILL DENNEY TRIES TO FIGURE OUT THE SCORE

QUESTIONS

MURDER TRIAL? WHAT MURDER TRAIL?

THE PLUMBER'S LAWYER ACQUITTED HIM WELL

HOW CHILD-ABUSE CASES CAN BE PROSECUTED

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 15, 2005

Power Play

County law enforcement's attack on the judiciary didn't work, but the war's far from over

Jurors convict Robert Ortloff in Kathleen Smith's murder

County law enforcement's attack on the judiciary didn't work, but the war's far from over

Onetime Divorce Mediator Gary Karpin Sent to Prison 'Til He's 70

Gary Karpin, the mouthy disbarred attorney-divorce mediator whose illegal courthouse antics cost his "clients" thousands of dollars and untold heartache, was sentenced on Friday afternoon to almost 16 years in prison. A courtroom packed mostly with the con artist's victims listened intently as Ma ... More >>

Courtney Bisbee and County Pettifogger Gerald R. Grant

Courtney Bisbee with her daughter Taylor Lee, from whom she's been separated since 2005. How do deputy prosecutors sleep at night, when they are charged by their elected bosses to rack up as many warm bodies in prison as possible, to overlook exculpatory evidence, to cull only those facts from ... More >>

The Wily Warbler Visits Ciria Lopez-Pacheco and Courtney Bisbee Behind Bars

Courtney Bisbee with her daughter Taylor Lee, from whom she's been separated since 2005. How do deputy prosecutors sleep at night, when they are charged by their elected bosses to rack up as many warm bodies in prison as possible, to overlook exculpatory evidence, to cull only those facts from ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Ignores Evidence That Courtney Bisbee Was Wrongly Convicted of Child Molestation As Supporters Work to Free Her

Courtney Bisbee with her daughter Taylor Lee, from whom she's been separated since 2005. How do deputy prosecutors sleep at night, when they are charged by their elected bosses to rack up as many warm bodies in prison as possible, to overlook exculpatory evidence, to cull only those facts from ... More >>

Black and White -- and Over

A state panel again supports a judge's right to speak his mind

Judicial Blacklash

The County Attorney's Office declared war on a respected judge after he called a prosecutor's actions racist

Spiked

The way to show love to family members takes some wicked turns in the Valley

Officer Uribe Murder Case to Jury: Prosecution Closing Argument Tepid

The first-degree murder case of accused cop killer Donald Delahanty is in the hands of a Maricopa County jury.    Superior Court Judge Warren Granville sent the 12-person     panel home yesterday afternoon after opposing attorneys completed closing arguments in the death p ... More >>

UPDATE: Sentencing Hearing For Killer of Phoenix PD Officer David Uribe to Resume Next Week

We've gotten several e-mails in the last few days wondering what happened in the sentencing phase of recently convicted cop killer Donnie Delahanty. Short answer -- nothing yet. Superior Court Judge Warren Granville has been off this week, and the jury is not scheduled to reconvene until M ... More >>

Maricopa County Jury About to Determine Cop Killer Donnie Delahanty's Fate

A Maricopa County jury is expected to resume deliberations later this afternoon, this time to determine if cop-killer Donnie Delahanty should get the death penalty for murdering Phoenix officer David Uribe (in the photo). Earlier this month, the panel convicted the 22-year-old of shooting ... More >>

UPDATE: Donnie Delahanty To Death Row In `Senseless' Murder Of Beloved Phoenix Cop

Donnie Delahanty, a dumb-ass kid from a dysfunctional family who killed a cop in 2005 for the hell of it, was ordered to death row earlier today.  Delahanty (shown here in a 2005 photo) stared straight ahead as a court clerk for Superior Court Judge Warren Granville read the jury's verdi ... More >>

Al Sharpton Whups Sheriff Joe, and Courtney Bisbee’s Innocence Claim Is Shot Down by a Judge

Donnie Delahanty, a dumb-ass kid from a dysfunctional family who killed a cop in 2005 for the hell of it, was ordered to death row earlier today.  Delahanty (shown here in a 2005 photo) stared straight ahead as a court clerk for Superior Court Judge Warren Granville read the jury's verdi ... More >>

Suspect in Baseball-Bat Killing of Two Boys Found Incompetent to Stand Trial; New Hearing May Take Months

  ​The man accused of a random, fatal baseball-bat attack on two little boys playing in a park in December has been found incompetent to stand trial -- for now. Joe Sauceda Gallegos, 39, a reported schizophrenic with a history of mental problems, became the only ... More >>

Scammer Gary "Dr. Buzzard" Karpin Back in Court at Restitution Hearing

It may have been an exercise in futility for his many victims, but disbarred attorney, scamming divorce "mediator," and current state prison inmate Gary Karpin appeared in court the other day at a so-called restitution hearing. ​ Readers of New Times may remember Karp ... More >>

Maricopa County Superior Court's Norm Davis Officially Takes Over as Presiding Judge

Norm Davis, a steady-as-she-goes gent we dealt with when he presided as the chief judge in both Juvenile and Family Court, started his five-year term today as the presiding judge of Maricopa County Superior Court. ​  What we like about Judge Davis (that's a photo of him from a few ... More >>

Man Accused of Beating Two Children to Death With Baseball Bat Found Incompetent

Joe Sauceda Gallegos​The man charged in the 2008 beating death of two Phoenix boys was found incompetent to stand trial today and will be sent to a mental health facilityJoe Sauceda Gallegos, 38, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder after he allegedly beat two young boys to death wit ... More >>

Justin Draper Pleads Guilty in 2006 Triple-Fatal Crash; Firefighter Mom of One Victim Busted for Shoplifting in Houston

Justin Draper, seen here in the mug shot from his 2009 arrest, pleaded guilty this month in the 2006 Surprise crash that left three teens dead.​A 22-year-old Surprise man has pleaded guilty in a 2006 crash that left three teens dead, and the firefighter mom of one victim is being treat ... More >>

Gary "Dr. Buzzard" Karpin's Criminal Convictions Upheld--See Ya In About 12 Years

The Arizona Court of Appeals has upheld the criminal convictions of Gary Karpin Jr., aka "Dr. Buzzard," a disbarred attorney who preyed on people, mostly women, who hired him as a "mediator" in their pending divorce cases.   ​The unanimous appellate decision upholding Karpin's conviction ... More >>

Sean Gaines Gets 25 Years in Skinhead Slaying, While Patrick Bearup Remains on Death Row

Patrick Bearup: Facing the needle, while his cohorts cheat deathSomeone contacted me recently, wondering whether or not I support the death penalty. I told them I do not, but not because I think it's such a bad idea to give the needle to those who are dead-to-rights guilty of a capital crime.Rather, ... More >>

Chandler "Vampire" Gets Probation for Trying to Suck Roommates Blood

Amanda Williamson and Aaron Homer think they're vampires -- only they're not.​The Chandler man convicted of stabbing his roommate with the hopes of sucking his blood as part of a "vampire" ritual has been sentenced to three years probation.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Warren Granville spar ... More >>

Phoenix Cop Killer Donnie Delahanty's Death Sentence Upheld by Arizona Supreme Court

Donald Delahanty, who senselessly ended veteran Phoenix police officer David Uribe's life in May 2005, will continue residing on death row after the Arizona Supreme Court today upheld his conviction. Donald Delahanty, cop killer​The state's highest court ruled that the 24-year-old for ... More >>

`Baseline Killer' Opening Statements Set For Today; Trial Expected To Take About One Year

Mark Goudeau, the alleged so-called "Baseline Killer," who already is serving a 438-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting two sisters, goes on trial today for a string of murders, rapes and robberies that terrorized Phoenix in 2005 and 2006.Mark Goudeau already has spent about two decades in ... More >>

Baseline Killer Trial UPDATE: Prosecutor Calls Mark Goudeau "Ravenous Wolf"

Mark Goudeau went on trial for his life yesterday, with a county prosecutor telling jurors that a overriding need to rape drove the defendant to commit a rash of sexual assaults, robberies and nine murders during a rampage that ended with his September 2006 arrest.Mark Goudeau: "He took what he want ... More >>

Baseline Killer UPDATE: Bullet Casings in Tempe Murder of Georgia Thompson Same as in Other Serial Killings

For the record, real-life criminal trials are not at all like what appears on Law and Order. Mark Goudeau, the accused Baseline Killer-and more. Things hardly get resolved in a tidy manner, just in time for a pithy comment by the protagonist, usually the dogged prosecutor. The trial of a ... More >>

Baseline Killer Trial Takes Turn With "False-Confession" Witness and Weeping Cop

James Mullins, the Kentucky career criminal who falsely confessed in 2005 to shooting a young Tempe woman to death--a murder that police have pinned on accused `Baseline Killer' Mark Goudeau -- testified yesterday at Goudeau's trial. Mark Goudeau is looking at the death penalty if convicted. ... More >>

Baseline Killer Case UPDATE: Accused Serial Murderer Mark Goudeau's Defense Team Calls No Witnesses

Just got word that he defense team of Mark Goudeau, accused of murdering nine people in an infamous 2005-06 crime spree, will not be calling any witnesses to the stand at his ongoing trial. Mark Goudeau is looking directly at death row if convicted ​The stunning turn of events occurred a ... More >>

Baseline Killer/Rapist Case Goes To Jury This Morning: Mark Goudeau Faces Possible Death Penalty If Convicted

Mark Goueeau's fate officially is in the hands of a Maricopa County jury as of 10 a.m. Mark Goudeau, accused Phoenix serial murderer ​The 12-person panel began its deliberations minutes ago after Superior Court Judge Warren Granville randomly dismissed five potential jurors who have ... More >>

Mark Goudeau Goes Off in Court, Blasts "Corrupt" Prosecutors, Cops -- and His Own Attorneys

Unexpected fireworks this morning at the county courthouse as the newly convicted "Baseline Killer" Mark Goudeau told the judge in no uncertain terms that he doesn't want to be in court for the sentencing phase of his high-profile case. Mark Goudeau is one pissed-off serial killer. ​ & ... More >>

Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau Changes Mind At Last Sec: Now Will Present `Mitigation' To Try to Escape Death Sentence

Some people spend their entire lives learning the ins and outs of the "blame game."   Mark Goudeau: The cops, those nasty prosecutors, even my own attorneys--they all have it in for me!​If it's not the crack cocaine or the booze that caused me to go off the deep end and nearly beat a ... More >>

`Baseline Killer' Penalty Phase In Homestretch As Goudeau Again Calls It Quits

The jurors may be deciding if Mark Goudeau should go to death row sooner than anticipated, thanks to yet another turn of events in the penalty phase of the recently convicted serial killer's trial. Day of reckoning nearing for `Baseline Killer' Goudeau​ The `Baseline Killer,' convicted l ... More >>

`Baseline Killer' Mark Goudeau May Get Very Bad News Today: Death Sentence Looms

Fresh from the Thanksgiving holiday, the jury in the Mark Goudeau serial killing case returns to work this morning, scheduled to hear closing arguments in the "penalty phase" of the high-profile case.Mark Goudeau--aka the Baseline Killer​After the arguments in the courtroom of Judge Warren Granvil ... More >>

"Baseline Killer" Mark Goudeau Sentenced to Death

"Baseline Killer" Mark Goudeau now has a court-imposed date with death to look forward to.​"Baseline Killer" Mark Goudeau learned his fate this afternoon when a jury sentenced him to death for a murderous crime spree that terrorized Valley residents for nearly a year.Goudeau was convicted of nine ... More >>

"Baseline Killer" Mark Goudeau Gets More Than 1,100 Years On Top of Death Sentence

Mark Goudeau, who already is on his way to death row after nine murder convictions, heard the rest of his prison sentence today--more than 1,100 years on 58 felonies ranging from sexual assault to armed robbery. See you on death row, Mr. Goudeau."For 10 months, you acted as a terrorist in our ... More >>

"Buffalo" William Willis, Tunnel-Digging/Cross-Dressing Kiddy Porn Connoisseur, Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

"Buffalo" William Willis​Remember last year when a guy was arrested after Glendale police found what appeared to be the beginning stages of an underground, Silence of the Lambs-esque sex-dungeon being built in his back yard? Well, he's going to prison...for a long time.William Willis, 46, pleaded ... More >>