Uhlig v. Lindberg

OPINION

PELANDER, Presiding Judge.

In this special action proceeding, Petitioner Diane Uhlig challenges the Respondent Judge’s order which reversed the Tucson City Court’s dismissal with prejudice, on limitations grounds, of the misdemeanor criminal charges against petitioner. Petitioner contends the Respondent Judge’s ruling was arbitrary and in excess of his jurisdiction and legal authority. Although the charges were filed within the one-year limitation period imposed by A.R.S. § 13-107(B)(2), she maintains that once the City Court dismissed the charges without prejudice on the State’s…