State Ex Rel. Corbin v. Murry

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Petitioner, the State of Arizona, filed an original petition in this Court in mandamus to compel the Honorable Porter Murry, Judge of the Superior Court of Greenlee County, to proceed with a preliminary hearing on a criminal complaint in the Maricopa County Superior Court. After informal hearing, we ordered that the alternative writ issue. Writ made permanent.

The present action arose in this manner. On August 4, 1966, .a criminal complaint was filed against one William Doonan, charging him with numerous counts of felonies. The Honorable Francis X. Gor don, Jr., Judge of…