State ex rel. Baumert v. Municipal Court

A petition for special action was filed by the Phoenix City Attorney alleging that there is confusion at both the city court level and in the superior court as to the application of the “misdemeanor compromise statute,” A.R.S. § 13-3981. The specific case at bar involves a leaving the scene of an accident charge. The defendant’s motion to dismiss the charge on the basis of his having reached a settlement with the driver of the other car was granted. Although the defendant, real party in interest herein, did not make an appearance, we accepted jurisdiction.

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