State v. Superior Court in and for County of Pima

MOLLOY, Judge.

This court has granted oral argument on the motion for rehearing to consider new matter presented by the respondents in a motion for rehearing. The new matter brought to the attention of the court is the assertion that the respondent-judge was the designated “Assignment Judge” in Pima County at the time of the entry of the order directing that the subject grand jury be called into session and discharged and that, as such, he was vested with jurisdiction to so order under Criminal Rule 97(B), 17 A.R.S.

The position of “Assignment Judge” is established by Rule V of the Local Rules…