State Ex Rel. Hyder v. Hughes

STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

This special action was brought to test the dismissal of an information charging respondent, Willie J. Soloman, Jr., with first degree rape while armed with a knife, a violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-611 and 13-614(C). Petitioner also asks that the trial court’s order granting the respondent’s motion in limine be vacated. We accepted jurisdiction pursuant to the Rules of Procedure for Special Actions, 17A A.R.S. Orders of dismissal and in limine vacated.

On the morning of September 23, 1976, two men, one armed with a knife, entered the apartment of Eva Macias, raped…