Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Superior Court in & for County of Pima
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided March 13, 1974No. 11413PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOCKWOOD, Justice:
This is a special action brought in this court by James Coleman against the Superior Court of Pima County. The real party in interest is the State of Arizona. The issue before this court is whether the petitioner may be tried as an adult after his release from the Arizona State Hospital where he had been committed by the Juvenile Court until his twenty-first birthday.
On September 12, 1968 a petition was filed in juvenile court alleging serious acts of deliquency on the part of the petitioner who was seventeen years and ten months of age at the time. The petition requested…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Roger Fain v. Ed Duff, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- State v. ShawArizona Supreme Court · 1963
- Sunny Brook Farms v. OmdahlWashington Supreme Court · 1953
- Anonymous v. Superior Court in & for the County of PimaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1969
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Parojinog v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- State v. BritoCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1995
- Holt v. BlackCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- Garrison v. JenningsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
- In Re the Appeal in Pima County, Juvenile Action No. J-218-1Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1974
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