State ex rel. Berger v. Superior Court

HAYS, Justice.

A petition for review was filed by the Maricopa County Attorney. Defense counsel had moved to dismiss the prosecution against the defendant on the grounds that the speedy trial provisions of Rule 8 of the 1973 Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A. R.S. had not been complied with. Based on the opinion of the Court of Appeals in Schultz v. Peterson, 22 Ariz.App. 205, 526 P.2d 412 (1974), the trial court granted the motion to dismiss. We granted the petition for review in order to bring this case into harmony with previous decisions of this court.

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