Adrian S. v. Superior Court

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

We accept jurisdiction of this special action to determine whether the trial court erred when it denied Petitioner’s Notice of Change of Judge. We do so because “a special action provides the only means to seek relief from an erroneous denial of a Notice of Change of Judge.” See Williams v. Superior Court, 190 Ariz. 80, 82, 945 P.2d 391, 393 (App.1997). For reasons that follow, we grant relief.

HISTORY

The State named Petitioner, a juvenile, in a delinquency petition alleging truancy from school, and the court appointed the Navajo County Public Defender’s Office to represent…