SKINNER v. SUPERIOR COURT, IN AND FOR COUNTY OF PIMA

No. 10084.

106 Ariz. 287 (1970)

475 P.2d 271

Robert Lee SKINNER and Paul Lawrence Wright, Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF PIMA, the Hon. Ben C. Birdsall, a Judge thereof, Rose Silver, Pima County Attorney, and Gary K. Nelson, Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

October 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messing & Hirsh, by William Messing, Tucson, for petitioners.

Rose Silver, Pima County Atty., by Horton C. Weiss, Deputy County Atty., Tucson, Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for respondents.


McFARLAND, Justice.

On March 18, 1970, a complaint was filed in which the petitioners, Robert Lee Skinner and Paul Lawrence Wright, together with two other defendants, David Oliver Williams and Donald Thomas, were charged with the crimes of conspiracy, robbery and murder. A preliminary hearing was held before the respondent Magistrate, Ben C. Birdsall, Judge of the Superior Court, sitting as a committing magistrate.

During the course of the preliminary hearing...

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