FREDERICKSON v. COUNTY OF MARICOPA

No. 1 CA-SA 96-0123.

187 Ariz. 273 (1996)

928 P.2d 697

Randal B. FREDERICKSON, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF the STATE OF ARIZONA, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, The Honorable Stephen A. Gerst, a judge thereof, Respondent Judge, The PHOENIX CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, Real Party in Interest.

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

Review Denied December 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal W. Bassett, Phoenix, for Petitioner.

Roderick G. McDougall, Phoenix City Attorney by Michael R. Schaffert, Assistant City Prosecutor, Phoenix, for Respondent.


OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

Randal Frederickson, the Petitioner, filed a petition for special action from the trial judge's denial of his request for a jury trial. Following argument, we accepted jurisdiction and granted relief because we concluded that leaving the scene of an accident is a crime of moral turpitude and that the Petitioner is therefore entitled to a jury trial. This opinion explains our decision.

The Petitioner was charged...

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