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STATE EX REL. ROMLEY v. FIELDS

No. 1 CA-SA 01-0164.

35 P.3d 82 (2001)

201 Ariz. 321

STATE of Arizona, ex rel. Richard M. ROMLEY, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Kenneth L. FIELDS, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, Jaime Medina; James A. Edwards; Anthony Armstrong; Joe Monsivais; Marshall Oge; William Alan Green; Murray Fields; Moises Loustaunau; Richard Ugalde; Brian Nowazek; Fletcher Blaisdell; Christopher Frey; James Alan Arnett; Newell R. Nelson; Gregory Dale Morris; Edward Ross Bowman; David Rae Herriges; Wayne Relf; Jordan Earl Madison Jr.; Leobarde H. Valenzuela; Stephen R. Hill; Eugene Glass; Charles Payne; Samuel Ivan Schwan; Paul Norman Warren; James Ian Miller; Richard Lewis Klein; Melvin E. Clifton; James R. Burson; Frank Kinsey; Eugene A. Schillhahn; Danny Adam Stolp; John Batista Torte; Charles R. Chapman; Michael Keith Smith; Robert M. Lopez; George O. Milligan; Orton G. Innis; Ronald G. Osborne; Harry L. Gross; Gary Lea Keith; Steven Harris Lerman; Michael Deran Ward; Thomas J. Vanatta; James Eric Walker; Anthony Luis Flores; David Lopez Garcia; Randy Dwayne Smith; Kevin Ray Bruns; Patricio Comacho Duenez; Michael Eugene Sutton; Corey Lee Prust; Jerry M. Contreras; Machael A. Haenel; Charles Daniel Coen; Phillip Daniel Sims; Manuel Rivera Cantu, Real Parties in Interest.

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

November 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Romley, Maricopa County Attorney, by Lyn D. Kane, Deputy County Attorney, Karen Black, Deputy County Attorney, Phoenix, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Stephen McLane Johnson, Daniel Raynak, Rick Tosto, Jonathan P. Schubert, Michael Vincent, Mesa, Attorneys for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

HALL, Judge.

¶ 1 The state seeks special action relief from the trial court's decision to conduct a Frye1 hearing to determine the admissibility of actuarial data relied upon by experts in rendering opinions on recidivism in Sexually Violent Persons Act ("SVPA") commitment proceedings. See Ariz.Rev.Stat. ("A.R.S.") §§ 36-3701 to -3717 (Supp.2000). We conclude that the admissibility of the...

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