State v. Cousino

HATHAWAY, Judge.

The State of Arizona has appealed from a quashal of a grand jury indictment.

Defendant Cousino was indicted by the Pima County Grand Jury on September 30, 1971, for an alleged forgery. The evidence before the grand jury consisted of hearsay testimony by Detective Scoopmire whose only contact and knowledge of the case was a telephone conversation with the alleged victim.

Defendant was arraigned in tima County Superior Court on October 5, 1971, and plead not guilty.

On November 4, 1972, a motion to quash the forgery indictment was filed. The motion was based upon the theory that…