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ALLEN v. SANDERS

No. 1 CA-SA 14-0256.

346 P.3d 30 (2015)

Sammantha ALLEN, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Teresa A. SANDERS, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, State of Arizona, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

April 2, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maricopa County Legal Defender's Office, by John Ronan Curry, Jeremy L. Bogart, Phoenix, for Petitioner.

Maricopa County Attorney's Office, by Lisa Marie Martin, Phoenix, for Real Party in Interest.

Colleen Clase, Tempe, for Amicus Curiae Arizona Voice for Crime Victims.

Margaret Garvin, Portland, Oregon, for Amicus Curiae National Crime Victim Law Institute.

Judge PATRICIA K. NORRIS delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Presiding Judge MARGARET H. DOWNIE and Judge RANDALL M. HOWE joined.

OPINION

¶ 1 When the victim of a criminal offense is killed, Arizona's Victims' Bill of Rights ("VBR") allows "any other person related to the [deceased victim] by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree" to be treated as the victim. The issue in this special action concerns the meaning of "affinity."

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