Little v. Gilkinson

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a special action in the superior court, in which appellants were ordered to disclose a police file on the murder of appellee’s son and to return personal items that belonged to the victim.

Robert “Shorty” Little, a reputed motorcycle-gang leader, was gunned down in 1977. When the police failed to make headway on the case, Little’s father, the appel-lee herein, offered a reward for information leading to the conviction of his son’s killer. The reward offer brought no new leads. In desperation, Little’s father decided to hire a private…