STATE EX REL. COLLINS v. SUPERIOR COURT, ETC.

No. 15561.

132 Ariz. 180 (1982)

644 P.2d 1266

STATE of Arizona, ex rel., Thomas E. COLLINS, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA; the Honorable I. Sylvan Brown, Judge, Respondent, and Frank SILVA, Jr., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Supplemental Opinion May 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Collins, Maricopa County Atty., Gregg A. Thurston, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for petitioner.

Robert L. Schwartz, Phoenix, for real party in interest.


GORDON, Vice Chief Justice:

This special action was brought to vacate the order of the Honorable Judge Brown granting defendant's motion in limine which requested that victims who had undergone hypnosis not be permitted to testify. Taking jurisdiction pursuant to A.R.S. Const.Art. 6, § 5(1), we uphold the ruling of Judge Brown and vacate the stay order so that the case may proceed to trial.

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