San Miguel v. McCarthy

STEVENS, Judge.

The petition in question seeks a “writ of certiorari, or, alternatively writs of prohibition and mandamus” challenging the propriety of an order of the Superior Court for Maricopa County, denying petitioner’s motion for an appointment of a psychiatrist and an investigator at state expense, and denying petitioner’s motion to quash an information. The recent Arizona Supreme Court opinion in the case of Genda v. Superior Court, 103 Ariz. 240, 439 P.2d 811 (1968) reviews numerous prior Arizona decisions in relation to the exercise of original jurisdiction by courts of appellate…