STATE EX REL. COLLINS v. RIDDEL

No. 15980-SA.

133 Ariz. 376 (1982)

651 P.2d 1201

STATE of Arizona ex rel. Thomas E. COLLINS, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Marilyn RIDDEL, Judge of the Superior Court, Respondent, and Harold Henry GOOD, Real party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

September 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Collins Maricopa County Atty. by Michael E. McNeff, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for petitioner.

Levine & Jarvi by Lawrence D. Hirsch, Phoenix, for Harold Henry Good.


HAYS, Justice.

We accepted jurisdiction of this petition for special action to decide whether the trial judge abused her discretion in ordering the state to reveal an informant's name and address to defense counsel. Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 5(4); 17A A.R.S., Rules of Procedure for Special Actions, rule 3(c). We find the judge did abuse her discretion and we remand this case for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Harold Henry Good, the real party...

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