State v. SUPERIOR COURT IN & FOR CTY. OF YAVAPAI

OPINION

VOSS, Judge.

In this special action, the State asks us to overturn the superior court’s order of March 30, 1994, reversing Harold Norris’s (Norris) convictions in the Cottonwood Municipal Court and remanding the case to that court for dismissal.

On May 24, 1994, we issued an order accepting jurisdiction, granting relief, and stating that a written opinion would follow. This is that opinion.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On the evening of January 6, 1993, Norris was stopped by an officer who had seen him run a red light. The officer noted Norris’s unsteady stance and smelled alcohol on his…