JONES v. STERLING

No. CV-04-0216-PR.

110 P.3d 1271 (2005)

210 Ariz. 308

Anthony James JONES, Luis Rodriguez Burgos, Jose Altagracia Rodriguez, Petitioners, v. Hon. Janis A. STERLING, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Yavapai, Respondent Judge, State of Arizona, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

May 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Lee Brooke Phillips, P.C. by Lee Phillips, Natalie Jacobs, Flagstaff, Attorneys for Petitioners.

Terry Goddard, Attorney General, by Cari McConeghy-Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix and Sheila Sullivan Polk, Yavapai County Attorney by Dennis M. McGrane, Deputy County Attorney, Prescott, Attorneys for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

HURWITZ, Justice.

¶ 1 Petitioners in these cases were charged with drug offenses following traffic stops and the discovery of drugs in the cars in which they were traveling. They claim that the police officers who stopped the vehicles were engaged in "racial profiling," the selective enforcement of traffic laws based on race. The issue before us is whether the defendants are entitled to the appointment of an expert witness to assist them in...

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