STATE EX REL. ROMLEY v. GOTTSFIELD

No. 1 CA-SA 91-181.

171 Ariz. 195 (1992)

829 P.2d 1241

The STATE of Arizona, ex rel., Richard M. ROMLEY, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Robert L. GOTTSFIELD, judge, the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent. Oreste FULMINANTE, Real Party in Interest.

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

As Corrected February 14, 1992.

Review Denied June 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. by Paul J. McMurdie, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, and Richard M. Romley, Maricopa County Atty. by Jessica Gifford Funkhouser, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for petitioner.

Dennis C. Jones, Phoenix, for real party in interest.


OPINION

CLABORNE, Judge.

The State of Arizona petitioned this court for special action relief from a superior court order disqualifying the entire Maricopa County Attorney's office from prosecuting Oreste Fulminante for first-degree murder. We took jurisdiction and granted relief and reversed the trial court's order disqualifying the office of the Maricopa County Attorney from prosecution of Mr. Fulminante. We...

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