State v. Jacobson

OPINION

Petitioner challenges an order of the respondent court releasing the real party in interest from custody. Since we are of the opinion that the respondent court acted arbitrarily and without jurisdiction, and there being no remedy by appeal, we assume jurisdiction to grant the relief requested by the State of Arizona.

The events which transpired prior to the subject ruling are not in dispute. Mr. Tyger, real party in interest herein, was convicted in Arkansas of burglary and grand larceny, sentenced to a term of ten years in 1967 and committed to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.…