SMITH v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. CV 86-0108 SA.

151 Ariz. 67 (1986)

725 P.2d 1101

Dan L. SMITH and Tracy L. Smith, Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT OF the STATE of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF COCONINO, Hon. H. Jeffrey Coker, Division III, a Judge thereof, Respondent, and STATE of Arizona, ex rel. John VERKAMP, Coconino County Attorney, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

September 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aspey, Watkins & Diesel by Bruce S. Griffen, and Ratner & Walsh by Michelle Ratner, Flagstaff, for petitioners.

John Verkamp, Coconino Co. Atty., by Fred Newton, Deputy Co. Atty., Flagstaff, for real party in interest.


CAMERON, Justice.

This special action challenges the action of Coconino County Superior Court Judge H. Jeffrey Coker in imposing conditions on the sentencing of defendants in a child abuse case. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 5(1) and Rules 4 and 7, Ariz.R.P.Spec. Act., 17A A.R.S.

We must answer only one question: whether the trial judge had the jurisdiction to require that the defendants...

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