Hoover v. Department of Corrections

A Petition for Special Action and/or Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus was brought before this court and, after hearing thereon, the court took the matter under advisement. The court grants the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

The petitioner alleges that he is being illegally detained by the Department of Corrections because he has attained the age of 18 years and the applicable Arizona statutes do not give respondents legal authority to restrain petitioner beyond his minority.

In 1972 the Arizona Legislature enacted legislation which in most instances reduced the age of majority from 21 to…