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STATE EX REL. ROMLEY v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 1 CA-SA 94-0310.

181 Ariz. 271 (1995)

889 P.2d 629

The STATE of Arizona, ex rel. Richard M. ROMLEY, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, in and for the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, the Honorable B. Michael Dann, a judge thereof, Respondent Judge, Mario MENDEVIL, Jose Fernando Vega-Vasoco, Real Parties in Interest.

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

February 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Romley, Maricopa County Atty. by Diane E.W. Gunnels, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for petitioner.

Carmen L. Fischer, Phoenix, for real party in interest Mario Mendevil.

OPINION

McGREGOR, Presiding Judge.

In this special action the State, joined by defendant Mendevil, asserts that the trial judge abused his discretion by requiring both the defendant and the State to give reasons for all peremptory strikes, without requiring any prima facie showing of purposeful discrimination and absent objection by the opposing party. For the reasons stated below, we accept jurisdiction and grant relief.

I.

The State...

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