Legal Opinion
Quintana v. Myers
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 1972No. 10729PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Chief Justice.
Johnny Quintana was indicted on two counts of selling heroin. In Superior Court he moved to quash the indictment on the sole ground that it did not contain the words “a true bill” as required by A.R.S. § 21-414, subsec. A, which provides:
“An indictment shall not be returned without concurrence of at least nine grand jurors. When an indictment is returned, the foreman or acting foreman shall endorse it a ‘true bill’ and sign it.”
When his motion to quash was denied, lie brought this special action in this court.
The Maricopa County Grand Jury, which indicted Quintana,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Frisbie v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Goodman v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1964
- Pierpont v. StateOhio Court of Appeals · 1934
- Kennedy v. Alvis, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Franklin County, Civil Division1957
- State v. ApplegateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1956
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3Cited by4 opinions
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