Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two Judge — Hon. Lacey Stover Gard retention
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What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Lacey Stover Gard
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Lacey Stover Gard has been a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two, since 2022. Gard was a Pinal County Superior Court judge and spent 17 years in the Arizona Attorney General's office, rising to chief of its capital litigation section.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Freedom Club PAC endorsed retaining her in the 2026 Court of Appeals election.
September 27, 2026
Source: azballot.org
Wrote an opinion reversing expungement of a marijuana-sale conviction under Arizona’s legalization law.
January 9, 2026
Source: appeals2.az.gov
Wrote an opinion holding Salt River Project subject to public-records law and returning a records dispute for further review.
January 3, 2025
Source: appeals2.az.gov
Wrote an opinion upholding a fentanyl-sale conviction after reviewing trial-in-absence and entrapment claims.
September 23, 2024
Source: appeals2.az.gov
Wrote an opinion upholding a domestic-violence protection order and its federal firearms notice.
January 22, 2024
Source: appeals2.az.gov
Granted an insurer summary judgment in a property-damage dispute. The appeals court vacated that ruling over a disputed fact.
August 2, 2023
Source: law.justia.com
Served as Arizona’s counsel of record in a capital case where the U.S. Supreme Court vacated an appeals judgment and remanded.
December 14, 2020
Source: supremecourt.gov
Sent the Justice Department Arizona’s response about counsel appointments in death-penalty post-conviction cases.
October 16, 2018
Source: justice.gov
Represented Arizona in a capital appeal where the state supreme court vacated death sentences on two counts and imposed life on another.
August 22, 2008
Source: azcourts.gov
Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 1 favorable
Arizona’s judicial review commission found she met performance standards. Recent surveys rated legal ability 90% and impartiality 95% acceptable or above.
September 27, 2026Favorable on Impartiality
Source: jpr.azcourts.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Arizona’s judicial review commission found she met performance standards. Recent surveys rated legal ability 90% and impartiality 95% acceptable or above.
September 27, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: jpr.azcourts.gov
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