Arizona, February, 2003, State Case law

Access State and Federal Case Law, plus U.S. Supreme Court cases — for free!

Click on any of the case links below to view the full text of that case — for free — through lexisONE®, a legal research and news service from LexisNexis®. Login is required — registration is free!

State Courts - Arizona - February 25 - March 6, 2003

In re Miguel R., 1 CA-JV 02-0016, 1 CA-JV 02-0072, (Consolidated), COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA, DIVISION ONE, DEPARTMENT E, February 25, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: Where juveniles were on standard probation and both parents and the juveniles themselves indicated willingness to participate in Drug Court program, Drug Court participation as a special term of probation was rationally related to rehabilitation.

Search Cases for Free

McMurren v. Jmc Builders, 2 CA-CV 2002-0022, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA, DIVISION TWO, DEPARTMENT A, February 25, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: Homeowner qualified as person injured, who was eligible to make claim against the Arizona Residential Contractors' Recovery Fund, where he occupied or intended to occupy home as residence when contract with contractor was entered into.

Search Cases for Free

Petersen v. City of Mesa, 1 CA-CV 02-0016, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA, DIVISION ONE, DEPARTMENT B, February 25, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: City's drug and alcohol testing policy was reasonable under state constitution and Fourth Amendment; firefighters had reduced expectations of privacy against city's compelling need to discover specific conditions representing grave risks to safety.

Search Cases for Free

Stanley v. McCarver, 1 CA-CV 02-0328, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA, DIVISION ONE, DEPARTMENT D, February 25, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: Where an employer referred employee for a pre-employment chest x-ray, the radiologist who read the x-rays had a duty to have exercised reasonable care in conducting the exam and that duty included communicating the results directly to the employee.

Search Cases for Free

State v. Bronson, 1 CA-CR 02-0186, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA, DIVISION ONE, DEPARTMENT E, February 25, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: Admission of a transcript denied burglary defendant's right to confrontation; the transcript did not fall into a firmly rooted hearsay exception, and insufficient indicia of reliability existed to render its admission into evidence constitutional.

Search Cases for Free

State v. Towery, Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-02-0031-PC CONSOLIDATED WITH Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-02-0022-PC CONSOLIDATED WITH Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-02-0038-PC CONSOLIDATED WITH Arizona Supreme Court No. CR-02-0146-PC, SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA, February 26, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: New rule requiring that a jury must decide whether aggravating circumstances exist in capital cases did not apply retroactively to petitioners' cases, which were final; thus, the trial courts properly denied postconviction relief for petitioners.

Search Cases for Free

Montero v. Foreman, 1 CA-SA 02-0337, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA, DIVISION ONE, DEPARTMENT E, February 27, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: The State did not have to give defendant notice that disorderly conduct was a violent crime prior to accepting his plea to that charge. The possibility of probation disqualification was not a factor in that case nor a consequence of the plea.

Search Cases for Free

State v. Sucharew, 1 CA-CR 02-0190 RT, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA, DIVISION ONE, DEPARTMENT B, February 27, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: Where the parents were present during the conversations between their minor son and his attorney, the attorney-client privilege was not waived. The parents hired and paid for their son's attorney and were taking an advisory role in his case.

Search Cases for Free

Hohokam Irrigation & Drainage Dist. v. Ariz. Pub. Serv. Co., Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-02-0091-PR, SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA, February 28, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: State constitution and statute did not prohibit the irrigation district from selling electricity to customers and was not limited to the sale of electricity within the district's boundaries. The right was limited to the district's primary purpose.

Search Cases for Free

Am. Cas. Co. of Reading v. D.L. Withers Constr., L.C., 1 CA-CV 02-0199, COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA, DIVISION ONE, DEPARTMENT B, March 6, 2003, Filed
View this case - free

Overview: Summary judgment in favor of the insurer was affirmed because the general contractor was not a claimant under the terms of the labor and material payment bond.

Search Cases for Free

Communities Portal