State v. Bonnewell

OPINION

RYAN, Judge.

¶ 1 Kurt Bonnewell, Lauralu Harkins, Lee P. Hulsey, and Walter John Randall (“Defendants”) were convicted of setting a leghold trap on public land in violation of Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated (“A.R.S.”) section iY-SOlfDXl), 1 a class two misdemeanor. On appeal, they argue that the statute is a special or local law in violation of the Arizona Constitution and that it violates the equal protection clauses of the Arizona and United States Constitutions.

¶ 2 We hold that A.R.S. section 17-301(D) is not an unconstitutional local or special law because it rationally furthers…