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BISHOP v. SUPERIOR COURT, IN & FOR PIMA CTY.

No. 18548-SA.

150 Ariz. 404 (1986)

724 P.2d 23

Curtis Nelson BISHOP, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF PIMA, and the Honorable Richard N. Roylston, Judge of the Superior Court, Respondents; The State of Arizona, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Reconsideration Denied September 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Natman Schaye, Tucson, for petitioner.

Stephen D. Neely, Pima County Atty. by Louis M. Spivack, Deputy County Atty., Tucson, for State.

FELDMAN, Justice.

Defendant brings this special action proceeding1 to prohibit the trial court from permitting the state to call his former counsel as a witness at a retrospective competency determination. The issue presented is whether the state can require a criminal defendant's former counsel to testify on the issue of defendant's past competency to stand trial or to plead. We have accepted jurisdiction because this is an important...

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