Barron v. State Ex Rel. Eyman

MOLLOY, Judge.

The appellants filed a joint petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Pinal County Superior Court. The State responded and alleged that the petitioners had raised no issues for which habeas corpus was the proper remedy, it being limited to test the jurisdiction of the trial court. The lower court denied the petition without a hearing and this appeal followed.

The gravamen of appellants’ petition is denial of “effective assistance of counsel.” The appellants and two others were jointly charged with robbery. One attorney was appointed to represent all four defendants and the…