Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Lynch
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided October 2, 2007No. 1 CA-SA 07-0092PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERG, Judge.
¶ 1 Melvin Omar Hernandez (“Petitioner”), filed a special action challenging Proposition 100, a recent amendment to the bail provisions of Article 2, Section 22(A) of the Arizona Constitution. For the reasons discussed below, we accept jurisdiction and deny relief.
BACKGROUND
¶ 2 Article 2, Section 22(A) of the Arizona Constitution sets forth several exceptions to the general presumption that persons charged with crimes are entitled to bail. Proposition 100, which was passed in the November 2006 election, added an exception for “serious felony offenses as prescribed by…
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