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THIGPEN v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 10980.

108 Ariz. 457 (1972)

501 P.2d 559

Jon Daniel THIGPEN, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF COCONINO; The Honorable Laurance T. Wren, Judge of the Superior Court; Cecil Richardson, Sheriff of Coconino County, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Division.

October 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

States, Meyer & Vucichevich, by Dale L. States, Phoenix, for petitioner.

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by William J. Schafer III, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., Phoenix, for respondents.

CAMERON, Vice Chief Justice.

This is a petition for special action to review a judgment of guilty and sentence by the Superior Court of Coconino County after an appeal from Justice Court.

We are called upon to answer one question: Does the Superior Court, in a criminal case that is appealed from the Justice Court (§ 22-371 et seq., A.R.S.), have jurisdiction to impose punishment in excess of that imposed in the Justice Court?

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