Earl v. Hon. garcia/state

OPINION

JOHNSEN, Judge.

¶ 1 Rule 8 of the A’izona Rules of Criminal Procedure requires a defendant to be tried within a specified time period, and Rule 16.6(a) precludes the prosecution from voluntarily dismissing a charge to avoid the Rule 8 deadline. Daniel Jay Earl argues the State *578violated these rules by dismissing a theft charge against him on the eve of the deadline because it was unprepared to go to trial and re-filing the same charge to start the Rule 8 clock running anew. We decline jurisdiction of EaiTs petition for special action.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Earl was charged by…