Keller v. State of Arizona

— This is an appeal by C. Keller, hereinafter called defendant, from a judgment of the superior court of Maricopa county sentencing the defendant to pay a fine of $25 and costs of $54 for the crime of reckless driving, or to be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not in excess of twenty-five days. While the case on its face is one of minor importance, yet it involves questions of law which merit most careful and serious consideration.

The facts necessary for a determination of the matter may be stated as follows: A complaint was filed in the city court of the city of Phoenix on the…