STATE EX REL. CORBIN v. HOVATTER

No. 1 CA-CIV 7850.

144 Ariz. 430 (1985)

698 P.2d 225

STATE of Arizona ex rel. Robert K. CORBIN, the Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry K. HOVATTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

April 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Patrick M. Murphy, Chief Counsel, Financial Fraud Div., Frank L. Murray and Eileen W. Hollowell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellee.

H. Allen Gerhardt, Jr., Mesa, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

CORCORAN, Judge.

The sole issue in this case is whether a complaint alleging violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act, A.R.S. § 44-1521, et seq. and the Arizona Racketeering Act, A.R.S. § 13-2301, et seq. requires the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant. We hold that there is no due process right to appointed counsel in civil actions under either of these acts.

In 1980, the State of Arizona filed a civil...

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