State v. Treadway

STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice,

This matter arises on a certified question from the Superior Court of Maricopa County. The question is:

“When a defendant has been held to answer by an order made more than thirty (30) days prior to the filing of an information by the County Attorney would Rule 80, and Rule 236, of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, A.R.S. 1956, preclude the showing of good cause by the County Attorney for the delay in filing an information and operate as a mandate requiring that the court, upon motion of a defendant, quash an information so filed more than thirty (30) days after entry…