State ex rel. Berger v. Superior Court

Arizona Supreme Court
State ex rel. Berger v. Superior Court, 111 Ariz. 422 (Ariz. 1975)
531 P.2d 1129; 1975 Ariz. LEXIS 242
Cameron, Hays, Holohan, Lockwood, Meyer, Struck

State ex rel. Berger v. Superior Court

Opinion of the Court

HAYS, Justice.

A petition for review was filed by the Maricopa County Attorney. Defense counsel had moved to dismiss the prosecution against the defendant on the grounds that the speedy trial provisions of Rule 8 of the 1973 Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A. R.S. had not been complied with. Based on the opinion of the Court of Appeals in Schultz v. Peterson, 22 Ariz.App. 205, 526 P.2d 412 (1974), the trial court granted the motion to dismiss. We granted the petition for review in order to bring this case into harmony with previous decisions of this court.

We have just published a case involving the two defendants with whom the defendant in the instant case was originally charged, Schultz and Aronson v. State, 111 Ariz. 421, 531 P.2d 1128 [filed February 19, 1975]. The facts and issues are much the same as those in this case, being controlled by our opinion in State ex rel. Berger v. Superior Court, 111 Ariz. 335, 529 P.2d 686 [filed December 20, 1974],

Remanded for proceedings consistent herewith.

CAMERON, C. J., and STRUCK-MEYER and LOCKWOOD, JJ., concur.

Dissenting Opinion

HOLOHAN, Justice

(dissenting) :

I dissent.

Reference

Full Case Name
The STATE of Arizona ex rel. Moise BERGER, Maricopa County Attorney v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, the Honorable Howard V. Peterson, a judge thereof, and Arezki MOUALI, Real Party in Interest
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published