State Ex Rel. Purcell v. Superior Court

STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

This action was commenced as a special action under the Constitution of Arizona, Article VI, § 5, and Rules for Special Actions, A.R.S. 17, to overturn a judgment of the Superior Court of Maricopa County prohibiting the Magistrate Court of the City of Phoenix from proceeding against respondents, real parties in interest, on traffic violation charges, principally A.R.S. § 28-692, driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.

Respondents, real parties in interest, have been charged with a variety of traffic complaints in the Magistrate Court in the City of…