Legal Opinion

Hurles v. Superior Court

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided April 1, 1993No. 1 CA-SA 93-0046PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FIDEL, Chief Judge.

This petition for special action presents a significant threshold question of standing, which we publish this order to address.

The petition arises from a first degree murder prosecution in which the State seeks the death penalty. 1 The defendant petitioner is indigent and represented by appointed counsel. Defendant maintains that he is entitled to two lawyers, not one, in defending a capital case, and asks us to find that the trial judge abused her discre tion by declining to appoint him a second lawyer.

The real party in interest is the State of Arizona, represented…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Fenton v. HowardArizona Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Knapp v. HardyArizona Supreme Court · 1974
  3. State Ex Rel. Dean v. CITY COURT, ETC.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1979
  4. Dunn v. Superior CourtCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1989

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Richard Hurles v. Charles L. RyanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
  2. Bergeron Ex Rel. Perez v. O'NEILCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2003
  3. Riley, Hoggatt & Suagee, P.C. v. EnglishArizona Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Richard Hurles v. Charles L. RyanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
  5. State v. ArellanoArizona Supreme Court · 2006

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