Legal Opinion
DeVries v. State
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 31, 2009No. 1 CA-CV 07-0399PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GEMMILL, Judge.
¶ 1 In this appeal we determine the constitutionality of a provision of the qualified immunity statute, Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 12-820.02(A)(7) (2003). Based upon Article IV, Part 2, Section 18 of the Arizona Constitution and our supreme court’s opinion in Clouse ex rel. Clouse v. State, 199 Ariz. 196, 16 P.3d 757 (2001), we hold that the legislature did not exceed its authority when it adopted A.R.S. § 12-820.02(A)(7). 1
BACKGROUND
¶ 2 In April of 2003, Lee Bryan DeVries was driving his convertible southbound on State Route 101. According to witnesses,…
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