AZ - Sanaa Cunningham, 7, abused before death, Maricopa County, 12 Feb 2017 *Arrests**

[Niner]

Wednesday, October 1st:
*Status Conference Hearing (@ 8am AZT) – AZ – Sanaa Cunningham (7) (Feb. 12, 2017, Goodyear) - *Germayne L. Cunningham (39/now 46) “father” indicted & charged (12/1/17) & arraigned (1/2/18) with 1st degree murder & 10 counts of child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP. [DA withdrew intent to seek DP on 2/10/25]. Maricopa County
*Lisa-Marie Cunningham (44/now 51) “step mom” indicted & charged (12/1/17) & arraigned (1/19/18) with 1st degree murder & 10 counts of child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP. [DA withdrew intent to seek DP on 2/10/25]. Bond & conditions changed (3/10/25) to $500K secured bond & electronic monitoring for both. Maricopa County
Jury Selection began on 9/24/25 & ended 9/24/25. 12 jurors & 6 alternates.
Trial began on 9/24/25. [10/2, 10/13, 10/14, 10/15, 10/16, 11/5, 11/6, 11/10, 11/12, 11/13, 11/17, 11/18, 11/20, 12/1 to 12/4, 12/8 to 12/11 & 12/16 to 12/18 all @ 10:30am].
Maricopa Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Fish presiding. Prosecutor Jessi Wade & Joshua Clark. Defense attorneys for Germayne are Natlee Segal & Taylor Fox & Lisa’s are attorneys Eric Kessler & Dan Raynak.
Case & court info from 12/14/18 thru 9/29/25 & Jury Selection Day 1 (9/24/25) & Trial Days 1-2 (9/24-25/25) reference post #277 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...opa-county-12-feb-2017-arrests.405007/page-14
9/29/25 Docket update: Defendant Lisa's Motion in Limine to preclude the State's expert from testifying that the cause of death is attributed to defendants. Status hearing on 10/1/25 @ 8am. Trial continues on 10/2/25 @ 10:30am.
9/29/25 Monday, Trial Day 3: State witnesses: No info available yet. Trial continues on Tuesday, 9/30/25 @ 10:30am.
9/30/25 Tuesday, Trial Day 4: State witnesses: No info available. Trial continues on Thursday, 10/2/25.

 

[Doesitmakesense]

Docket updates - still not finding any articles on Days

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date/Filing Party
9/30/2025 012 - ME: Trial - Party (002) 9/30/2025
9/30/2025 012 - ME: Trial - Party (001) 9/30/2025

9/29/2025 MIL - Motion In Limine - Party (002) 9/30/2025
NOTE: DEFENDANT LISA CUNNINGHAM’S MOTION IN LIMINE TO PRECLUDE THE STATE’S EXPERTS FROM TESTIFYING THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS ATTRIBUTED TO DEFENDANTS


Case Calendar:
Date Time Event
10/1/2025 8:00 Status Conference

10/2/2025 10:30 Trial

10/13/2025 10:30 Trial

10/14/2025 10:30 Trial

10/15/2025 10:30 Trial

10/16/2025 10:30 Trial

leaving the rest of the calendar off...

link: Criminal Court Case Information - Case History

Whats a Status conference for? Is that normal for a trial that's already started?

 

[Doesitmakesense]

Is their anyone following this trial? I'm in Aus and from Google I can not find much coverage

 

[Niner]

Whats a Status conference for? Is that normal for a trial that's already started?

Usually they do not have a status hearing during trial - but this case has been upside down from the beginning. And the trial dates are definitely strange - at least to me - the way they hop around on the dates. So anything is possible with this case!

Is their anyone following this trial? I'm in Aus and from Google I can not find much coverage

Ditto here - and I am in Europe - finding NOTHING on this case...