CITY OF PHOENIX v. SUPER. CT., MARICOPA CTY.

No. 17094-SA.

139 Ariz. 175 (1984)

677 P.2d 1283

CITY OF PHOENIX, a municipal corporation, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, the Honorable David G. Derickson, Judge thereof; Arizona State Hospital, an agency of Arizona Department of Health Services, and Maricopa County, a political subdivision, Real Parties in Interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Reconsideration Denied February 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy Baumert, City Atty. by Richard J. Graci, Asst. City Atty., Phoenix, for petitioner.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Patrick J. Mitchell, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Thomas E. Collins, Maricopa County Atty. by Charles Gatewood, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for respondents.


CAMERON, Justice.

We accepted jurisdiction of this petition for special action filed by the City of Phoenix against the Superior Court of Maricopa County, its presiding judge, the Arizona State Hospital and the County of Maricopa. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. Art. 6, § 5(3) and Rule 8, Arizona Rules for Special Actions.

We must answer the following questions on appeal:

1. When a defendant awaiting trial in the city court for...

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