State v. Ovens

STEVENS, Judge.

This Court is concerned with the question: What constitutes a de facto deputy sheriff ?

A complaint was filed before a Justice of the Peace charging the three appellees with the offense of obstructing justice, a felony in violation of A.R.S. Section 13-541. A preliminary hearing was duly conducted, the defendants were bound over and an information charging the offense was filed in the Superior Court. The reporter’s transcript of the preliminary hearing was filed in the Superior Court and treated as a bill of particulars pursuant to Rule 169, subsec. A, par. (e) of the Rules of…