Legal Opinion
Baca v. Don
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided April 30, 1981No. 2 CA-CIV 3995PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HATHAWAY, Chief Judge.
Petitioner seeks special action relief concerning a superior court ruling in an appeal from a sentence imposed in city court. We sua sponte raise the question of our jurisdiction and conclude that this court lacks jurisdiction to entertain this special action. There has been a conflict in the decisions of the two divisions of the Court of Appeals on this jurisdictional question. 1 We therefore deem it appropriate to issue this formal opinion in which we retreat from our previous view.
The Court of Appeals is a court of limited jurisdiction and has only the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Crouch v. Justice of the Peace Court of the Sixth PrecinctCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1968
- Campbell v. ArnoldArizona Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. Court of Appeals, Division TwoArizona Supreme Court · 1966
- Shenfield v. City Court of City of Tucson, Pima CountyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1968
- Brooks v. JenningsCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1972
3Cited by9 opinions
- Fuenning v. SUPER. CT. IN AND FOR CTY. OF MARICOPAArizona Supreme Court · 1983
- Fuenning v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1983
- State Ex Rel. Neely v. RodriguezArizona Supreme Court · 1990
- Berry v. Superior CourtCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1989
- State Ex Rel. McDougall v. Superior CourtCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1991
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