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STATE EX REL. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 1 CA-SA 96-0161.

186 Ariz. 218 (1996)

920 P.2d 784

STATE of Arizona, ex rel. Roderick G. McDOUGALL, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, the Honorable I. Sylvan Brown and Phoenix Municipal Court, the Honorable N. Pike Johnson, judges thereof, Respondents, Severiano MARTINEZ, Real Party in Interest.

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

As Corrected July 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roderick G. McDougall, City Attorney by Gregory L. Hanchett, Assistant City Prosecutor, Phoenix, for Petitioner.

Michael J. Dew, Phoenix, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

VOSS, Judge.

This special action raises the issue whether a defendant who causes an injury accident and is convicted of leaving the scene of that accident must pay restitution for damages caused in the underlying accident. We accept jurisdiction but deny relief.

BACKGROUND

On December 26, 1994, real party in interest, Severiano Martinez, caused a traffic accident by turning left in front of a car driven by Bonnie Frazier. Both Frazier...

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