Duran v. State

HAYS, Justice.

A special action petition was filed in this court by the Maricopa County Public Defender on behalf of Abelardo Duran, and we accepted jurisdiction.

On January 30, 1976, petitioner Duran was arraigned in Superior Court and the case was assigned to Judge Hyder. On February 3, 1976, Judge Hyder disqualified himself and the case was reassigned on that same date to Judge Riddel. Thereafter, on February 17, 1976, the public defender filed a Notice of Change of Judge, pursuant to Rule 10.2, 1973 Rules of Criminal Procedure. The 'judge ruled that the Notice of Change of Judge was not…