State of Arizona v. Austin Garrett Hansen

OPINION

ECKERSTROM, Chief Judge:

¶ 1 The state challenges the trial court’s order granting a mistrial after the jury returned contradictory verdict forms in which it found appellee Austin Hansen guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon but not guilty of its lesser included offense of *64simple assault.1 We conclude the state lacks a right to appeal the mistrial order. We nonetheless exercise our special action jurisdiction to resolve a legal question of statewide importance regarding the effect of an ambiguous verdict. See A.R.S. § 12-120.21(A)(4).

Factual and Procedural Background

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