Duran v. State, 12552

Decision Date01 April 1976
Docket NumberNo. 12552,12552
Citation113 Ariz. 135,547 P.2d 1049
PartiesAbelardo DURAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Arizona, the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, and the Honorable Marilyn Riddel, Judge of the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, Respondents.
CourtArizona Supreme Court

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender, by Joel E. Thompson, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for petitioner.

Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen., by Philip J. MacDonnell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for respondents.

HAYS, Justice.

A special action petition was filed in this court by the Maricopa County Public Defender on behalf of Abelardo Duran, and we accepted jurisdiction.

On January 30, 1976, petitioner Duran was arraigned in Superior Court and the case was assigned to Judge Hyder. On February 3, 1976, Judge Hyder disqualified himself and the case was reassigned on that same date to Judge Riddel. Thereafter, on February 17, 1976, the public defender filed a Notice of Change of Judge, pursuant to Rule 10.2, 1973 Rules of Criminal Procedure. The judge ruled that the Notice of Change of Judge was not timely filed. After a rehearing on the matter before Judge Riddel, the previous ruling being adhered to, a petition for special action was filed.

There is no disagreement as to the facts and the only issue involved is an interpretation of the time requirements in Rule 10.2. The pertinent portion of the rule reads '. . . or within 10 days after a case is first assigned to a judge, . . .' Respondents contend that only 10 days is allowed regardless of when the defendant's counsel receives actual notice of the assignment.

Petitioners contend that the rule must mean that the 10 days commences to run when actual notice of the assignment is received or if that is not the case, Rule 1.3, 1973 Rules of Criminal Procedure, should be applied.

Rule 1.3 in pertinent part states:

'Whenever a party has the right or is required to take some action within a prescribed period after service of a notice or other paper, and such service is allowed and made by mail, 5 days shall be added to the prescribed period.'

We accepted jurisdiction of the special action to clear up what appears to be an ambiguity. We hold that the 10-day period prescribed by Rule 10.2 commences to run at the time of assignment to the judge regardless of when the notice of such action is received by counsel. We further hold that Rule 1.3 applies to Rule 10.2 and therefore 5 days shall be added to...

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  • State v. Seidschlaw
    • United States
    • South Dakota Supreme Court
    • April 1, 1981
    ...remained sufficient time for him to do so. What, then, should be the effect of SDCL 23A-41-5 in such circumstances? In Duran v. State, 113 Ariz. 135, 547 P.2d 1049 (1976), it was held that a statute virtually identical to SDCL 23A-41-5 added the prescribed additional time to the ten-day per......
  • Rodriguez v. El Paso Elec. Co.
    • United States
    • Court of Appeals of New Mexico
    • April 9, 1992
    ...v. Schaffer, 112 Idaho 1024, 739 P.2d 323, 326 (1987); State v. Seidschlaw, 304 N.W.2d 102, 104-05 (S.D.1981); Duran v. State, 113 Ariz. 135, 547 P.2d 1049, 1050 (1976) (en banc). Rule XXIII differs from Rule 1-088.1 in that the former speaks in terms of the clerk's issuance of the notice o......
  • State v. Zuniga
    • United States
    • Arizona Supreme Court
    • January 9, 1990
    ...We based our ruling on our previous holdings in State v. Savage, 117 Ariz. 535, 573 P.2d 1388 (1978), and Duran v. State, 113 Ariz. 135, 547 P.2d 1049 (1976). In Savage, we applied Rule 1.3 to extend the time for filing a petition for review in post-conviction proceedings by five days becau......
  • State v. Savage
    • United States
    • Arizona Supreme Court
    • January 9, 1978
    ...applies to Rule 10.2 and therefore 5 days shall be added to the prescribed period when notice is given by mail." Duran v. State, 113 Ariz. 135, 136, 547 P.2d 1049, 1050 (1976). We believe that the rationale in Duran, supra, applies to the instant case and hold that Rule 1.3 does apply to a ......
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