State Ex Rel. Purcell v. Superior Court

HAYS, Chief Justice.

This is a special action brought by the State of Arizona on relation of the Phoenix City Attorney. After a hearing we accepted jurisdiction.

The petition shows that Respondent Moxley was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors. He pleaded guilty to both charges in the City Court of Phoenix, was sentenced, and appealed to Superior Court. There, he pleaded not guilty, requested a jury trial, and moved to quash the complaints for lack of jurisdiction. His ground was that the complaints were not sworn to, and that the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States…