Legal Opinion
Bergeron Ex Rel. Perez v. O'NEIL
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided August 21, 2003No. 2 CA-SA 2003-0053, 2 CA-SA 2003-0054, 2 CA-SA 2003-0055, 2 CA-SA 2003-0060PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ECKERSTROM, J.
¶ 1 In these consolidated special actions, we are asked to determine whether an attorney who has filed a notice of change of judge pursuant to Rule 10.2, Ariz.R.Crim. P., 16A A.R.S., and who has therein avowed that the notice was not being filed for any improper purpose may be ordered to divulge his or her reasons for seeking a change of judge. We conclude that compelling counsel to divulge the reasons for filing a notice in accordance with Rule 10.2 is contrary both to the rule’s express terms and its intent. For that reason, we further conclude that respondents, Judges…
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