Hill v. Hall Ex Rel. County of Yuma

OPINION

GARBARINO, Judge.

¶ 1 Petitioner Reg Lynn Hill claims that the trial court erred by denying his request for a change of judge pursuant to Rule 17.4(g) of the Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure. We hold that an earlier Rule 10.2 change of judge at his request was an exercise of his only peremptory challenge and that he is not entitled to a second peremptory change of judge pursuant to Rule 17.4(g). We accepted jurisdiction and denied relief, with this opinion to follow.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 Petitioner was charged with one count of possession of a dangerous drug, one count of…