PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 1 CA-SA 93-0234.

180 Ariz. 159 (1993)

882 P.2d 1285

PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC., Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, the Honorable Ronald S. Reinstein, a judge thereof, Respondent Judge, STATE of Arizona, Real Party in Interest.

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

Review Denied November 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scult, Lazarus, French, Zwillinger & Smock, P.A. by James F. Henderson and Patricia A. Sallen, Phoenix, for petitioner.

Richard M. Romley, Maricopa County Atty. by Arthur Hazelton and John R. Ditsworth, Phoenix, for real party in interest.


OPINION

GRANT, Judge.

The petitioner, Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. ("PNI"), filed this special action requesting this court to determine whether Ariz.Rev. Stat.Ann. ("A.R.S.") section 13-3918(A) (1989) requires the real party in interest, the State of Arizona ("the state"), to disclose all search warrants and affidavits after they have been served even before a criminal case is filed. This issue is one of first impression...

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