STATE EX REL. POPE v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 12386.

113 Ariz. 22 (1976)

545 P.2d 946

STATE of Arizona ex rel. Gary POPE, Mohave County Attorney, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF MOHAVE, the Honorable Leonard C. Langford, and Joseph Cary GRIER, Real Party in Interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

February 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary R. Pope, Mohave County Atty., Barbara K. Miller, Deputy County Atty., Kingman, for petitioner.

Lee E. Bruno, Kingman, for respondent, Joseph Cary Grier.


GORDON, Justice:

The County Attorney of Mohave County acting on behalf of the State of Arizona brings this special action requesting that this Court reconsider existing law on the admissibility of evidence concerning the unchaste character of a complaining witness in a prosecution for first degree rape under A.R.S. §§ 13-611, 13-612 and 13-614. The respondent, The Honorable Leonard C. Langford, reluctantly denied petitioner's motion in limine to bar the...

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