State ex rel. Montgomery v. Kemp ex rel. County of Maricopa

OPINION

WINTHROP, Judge:

¶ 1 In this special action, the State of Arizona challenges an order denying the State’s request for an alleged sexual assault victim (“E.P.”) to testify via two-way video conferencing during the trial of her alleged assailant, Real Party in Interest Darren Cortiz Davis.

¶ 2 E.P. is an adult who currently lives in Montana and suffers from numerous mental and physical difficulties, including post-traumatie stress disorder (“PTSD”) and non-epileptic seizures. These difficulties are well-documented—so much so that a Montana trial court refused to compel E.P. to testify in…