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· 3/31/1982

Quigley v. City Court of the City of Tucson

Citations

  • 643 P.2d 738
  • 132 Ariz. 35
  • 1982 Ariz. App. LEXIS 397

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that appropriate remedy for state to review orders of dismissal with prejudice was by special action where statutory provision then in effect did not give the state a right of appeal from such orders
  • interpreting Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 16.5(d) concerning dismissal of criminal prosecutions
  • abuse of discretion “is discretion manifestly unreasonable, or exercised on untenable grounds, or for untenable reasons”
  • “An ‘abuse of discretion’ is discretion manifestly unreasonable, or exercised on untenable grounds, or for untenable reasons.”
  • an abuse of discretion occurs when the ruling is “manifestly unreasonable, or exercised on untenable grounds, or for untenable reasons.”
  • a difference in judicial opinion is not synonymous with an abuse of discretion

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Judges: Howard, Hathaway, Birdsall

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