State v. Dunn

OPINION

STEVENS, Judge.

This case involves the questions of whether the use of the “short-form” complaint in a post-arrest situation is proper, and whether a trial de novo in Superior Court in a matter initially heard in Phoenix City Court constitutes an “appeal” as authorized by Art. 2, § 24, A.R.S. of the Arizona Constitution.

The defendant was arrested for driving while intoxicated in the early morning hours of 6 June 1971. He was taken to the city jail, booked, fingerprinted, photographed, and jailed until he arranged for a bond. The bond was posted and he was released later in the same day,…