Legal Opinion
Baca v. Smith
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 27, 1979No. 14500PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.
This special action was brought by Jesus V. Baca against respondent, The Honorable Ralph G. Smith, and others, asserting that the failure to suppress the results of a gas chromatograph intoximeter taken after an arrest for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor was a denial of due process of law. This Court has jurisdiction by Art. 6, § 5(4) of the Constitution of Arizona and 17A A.R.S., Special Actions, Rules of Procedure, Rules 3(b) and (c).
Petitioner was arrested in Phoenix in the early morning hours of April 2, 1979, and charged with…
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