Knutson v. County of Maricopa Ex Rel. Romley

OPINION

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

In this appeal, we must determine whether Rule 39, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure, requires a prosecutor to provide a crime victim with a written notice of the date, time, and place of a change of plea hearing, to confer with the victim regarding a plea bargain and the change of plea proceeding, and to provide the victim with a cause of action for negligence for its violation. We hold that Rule 39 does not create a private cause of action for negligence and, because the alleged negligent failure to act in this case occurred before Arizona voters approved…