Yucupicio v. Superior Court

HAYS, Chief Justice.

This matter comes to us by way of a petition for special action of which we accepted jurisdiction.

Petitioner, Pedro Yucupicio, was indicted by the Pima County Grand Jury on July 20, 1971, for selling a narcotic drug. The indictment was kept secret for eight months before petitioner was arrested, although he was at all times living openly under his own name with his family at the residence where he had lived for many years.

After petitioner’s arrest and arraignment, he moved to quash the indictment on the grounds of the failure of the state to grant him a speedy trial. In…