Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Romley v. Superior Court
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 28, 1995No. 1 CA-SA 94-0265PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACOBSON, Judge..
The Maricopa County Attorney seeks special action review of the trial court’s order directing the County Attorney to withdraw from prosecution of one of two criminal cases. The issue we address is whether the prosecutor in a criminal matter has a conflict of interest that requires withdrawal or disqualification when his office is also prosecuting criminal charges against the victim in a separate and unrelated criminal matter. Because we hold that no conflict of interest arises under these circumstances, we vacate the trial court’s order requiring the prosecutor to…
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