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ESPINOZA v. MARTIN

No. CV-94-0067-PR.

182 Ariz. 145 (1995)

894 P.2d 688

Raymond ESPINOZA, Petitioner, v. Honorable Gregory H. MARTIN, a judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, STATE of Arizona, ex rel. Richard ROMLEY, Maricopa County Attorney, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

April 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wisdom, Logan & McNulty by James L.P. Logan, Jr., Phoenix, for petitioner.

Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. by Paul J. McMurdie, Chief Counsel, Crim. Appeals Div., R. Wayne Ford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for respondent Judge.

Richard M. Romley, Maricopa County Atty. by Gerald R. Grant, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for real party in interest.

Law Offices of Dennis C. Jones by Dennis C. Jones, Leigh B. Jones, Phoenix, amicus curiae for Arizona Attys. for Crim. Justice.

CORCORAN, Justice.

Petitioner Raymond Espinoza, a criminal defendant in Maricopa County, challenges the policy adopted by a group of Maricopa County Superior Court judges of summarily rejecting all plea agreements containing stipulated sentences. The court of appeals affirmed the policy. We granted review, and we have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 5(3), and rule 31.19, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure.

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