WIDEMAN v. GARBARINO

No. CV-86-0611-SA.

160 Ariz. 16 (1989)

770 P.2d 320

Jacob Edgar WIDEMAN, Petitioner, v. The Honorable William F. GARBARINO, Judge of the Coconino County Superior Court, State of Arizona; and John Verkamp, Coconino County Attorney, real party in interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

February 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen, Kimerer & LaVelle by Michael D. Kimerer, Garth V. Smith, Suzanne K. Ticknor, Phoenix, for petitioner.

John Verkamp, Coconino Co. Atty. by Jon W. Thompson, Deputy Coconino Co. Atty., Flagstaff, for respondents.

Brown & Bain, P.A. by Paul F. Eckstein, David J. Bodney, Daniel C. Barr, Phoenix, for amici curiae Arizona Daily Sun/First Amendment Coalition of Arizona, Inc.

Julius LeVonne Chambers, Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, for amicus curiae NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.


WILLIAM A. HOLOHAN, Justice (Retired).

The petitioner, a juvenile, filed a special action in this court to prevent the respondent judge from allowing the news media and public to attend a transfer hearing1 in juvenile court. We ordered a stay of proceedings until oral argument could be heard on the petition. After argument, we vacated the stay order, denied the relief sought in the petition, and...

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