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MARICOPA COUNTY v. STATE

No. 14926.

126 Ariz. 362 (1980)

616 P.2d 37

MARICOPA COUNTY, Jerry I. Hill, Maricopa County Sheriff; Pima County, Clarence Dupnik, Pima County Sheriff; and Yuma County, Travis Yancey, Yuma County Sheriff, Petitioners, v. STATE of Arizona, Bruce E. Babbitt, Governor, and Ellis MacDougall, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, and Superintendent of the Arizona State Prison, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Hyder, Maricopa County Atty. by G. Eugene Neil, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, Stephen D. Neely, Pima County Atty. by James M. Howard, Deputy County Atty., Tucson, David S. Ellsworth, Yuma County Atty., Yuma, for petitioners.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Jay R. Adkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for respondents.

STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

This special action in the nature of mandamus was brought to compel Ellis MacDougall, Director of the Department of Corrections and Superintendent of the Arizona State Prison, to comply with his statutory duty to hold in custody all those persons sentenced to the State Prison or the State Department of Corrections by the Superior Court. Prayer for relief granted.

Petitioners herein, Maricopa...

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