Sheridan v. Superior Court

JENNINGS, Justice.

The petitioner, Pete Sheridan, applied for a writ of prohibition, directed to the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Pinal, and the Honorable R. Porter Murry, then presiding, prohibiting said court and judge, hereinafter called respondent court, from proceeding further in criminal cause No. 3993, now pending against petitioner in respondent court. This Court thereupon issued an alternative writ of prohibition.

The facts necessary for a determination of this proceeding may be stated as follows: On November 27, 1961 a criminal complaint was filed…