State Ex Rel. Jones v. Superior Court

PHELPS, Justice.

This cause comes to us on certiorari. The ultimate question for determination is whether the application of Charles A. Gusick for a writ of habeas corpus stated grounds sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the trial court to issue such a writ. The problem will be better understood if we set forth a rather detailed account of proceedings heretofore had in Cause No. 22012, State of Arizona v. Charles A. Gusick, alias Charles A. Girard. This criminal case had been set for trial for 10 a. m., August 17, 1951, in Division No. 6 of the Maricopa County Superior Court. On that date…