Bell v. Superior Court in & for Cty. of Pima

OPINION

RICHMOND, Judge.

Is a juvenile detained while awaiting adjudication of a delinquency charge entitled to bail and a probable cause hearing? Although we deny relief because the question has become moot as to petitioner, whose adjudicatory hearing was scheduled for October 18, 1977, we assume jurisdiction to answer it as one of statewide concern that is likely to recur.

Petitioner was arrested by Tucson police officers on September 30,1977, and immediately transported to the Pima County Juvenile Court Center. The “receiving form” used to process petitioner into the juvenile center recited…