STATE v. OVENS

No. 1 CA-CR 88.

4 Ariz. App. 591 (1967)

422 P.2d 719

STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Janell OVENS, Claire Ovens, and Chyrl Merth Allison, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1967.

Review Denied March 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Maricopa County Atty., by Albert Firestein, Deputy County Atty., for appellant.

Lewis, Roca, Scoville, Beauchamp & Linton, by John J. Flynn, David C. Schutter, Phoenix, for appellees.


STEVENS, Judge.

This Court is concerned with the question: What constitutes a de facto deputy sheriff?

A complaint was filed before a Justice of the Peace charging the three appellees with the offense of obstructing justice, a felony in violation of A.R.S. Section 13-541. A preliminary hearing was duly conducted, the defendants were bound over and an information charging the offense was filed in the Superior Court. The reporter's transcript of the preliminary...

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