OPINION
IRVINE, Presiding Judge.
¶ 1 This special action presents the following issue: whether the State's interest in securing an aggravated punishment at a sentencing hearing and the defendant's due process rights justify the trial court's order to disclose the victim's privileged communications with a counselor. For the reasons discussed below, the trial court should reconsider the competing interests in this case in light of State v. Martinez...
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