State v. Fell

OPINION

ECKERSTROM, Chief Judge:

¶ 1 In this special action, the State of Arizona seeks relief from the respondent judge’s order precluding recordings of jail telephone calls and visits involving the real party in interest, defendant Bryan Lietzau, and the judge’s order precluding a transcript purportedly showing text messages between Lietzau and the minor victim. Because the state has not asserted it would have presented any precluded recordings at trial absent the respondent’s order, we decline to accept jurisdiction to consider that issue. However, because the respondent erred by concluding…