STATE v. SHERIFF OF PIMA COUNTY

No. 8520.

97 Ariz. 42 (1964)

396 P.2d 613

The STATE of Arizona, Petitioner, v. SHERIFF OF PIMA COUNTY, Supervisor, Arizona State Hospital, and Peter Benson Damskey, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona. En Banc.

November 18, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman E. Green, County Atty., Pima County, by William J. Schafer, III, Asst. County Atty., for petitioner State of Arizona.

John R. McDonald and H. Earl Rogge, Jr., Tucson, for respondent Peter Benson Damskey.


UDALL, Chief Justice.

The State of Arizona sought a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum in this Court to direct the Sheriff of Pima County and the Supervisor of the Arizona State Hospital, to release and transport Peter Damskey to the Justice of the Peace Court in Pima County for a preliminary examination on the charges of murder and assault with intent to commit murder pending before that Justice of the Peace Court. That writ was granted by this Court on October...

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