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STATE v. SUPERIOR COURT (MARICOPA CTY.)

No. 1 CA-SA 025.

156 Ariz. 512 (1987)

753 P.2d 1168

STATE of Arizona, Through the CRIMINAL DIVISION OF the ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, Honorable Daniel E. Nastro, a judge thereof, Respondent Judge, Elden GARDNER, Real Party in Interest.

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

Review Granted May 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Tim Holtzen Crim. Div., Dept. of Law, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for petitioner.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by Mary Lynn Bogle, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for real party in interest.

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

This special action filed by the state requires us to determine whether a prosecutor must disclose his reasons for the exercise of peremptory challenges used to strike two black veniremen from a jury panel. Because this is a matter of first impression in this state and is of statewide interest, we accept jurisdiction of the special action.

The state contends the trial court erred: (1) by determining that defendant real party...

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