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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc ) ) ) In re the Matter of LEON G. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) __________________________________) ) ) STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) HON. SUSAN A. EHRLICH, HON. ) CECIL B. PATTERSON, JR. AND HON. ) JAMES B. SULT, JUDGES OF THE ) STATE OF ARIZONA, in and for the ) Arizona Court of Appeals, ) ) Respondents, ) ) ERIC WALKER, ) ) Real Party in Interest. ) ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-01-0062-PR Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-MH 00-0004 Yuma County Superior Court No. SC98M00050 CONSOLIDATED WITH Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-01-0063-SA Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-SA 01-0027 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV-MH-99-1189

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Appeal from the Superior Court of Yuma County No. SC98M00050 The Honorable Kirby D. Kongable, Judge AFFIRMED _________________________________________________________________ Opinion of the Court of Appeals Division One 199 Ariz. 375, 18 P.3d 169 (App. 2001) VACATED _________________________________________________________________ Kristi A. Riggins, P.C. Phoenix by Kristi A. Riggins Attorney for Leon G.

Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General Phoenix by Randall M. Howe, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section and Consuelo M. Ohanesian, Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for State of Arizona Quarles & Brady Streich Lang, LLP Phoenix by Michael Owen Miller Tucson Attorneys for Amici Curiae Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault, Center Against Sexual Abuse, and Arizona Voice for Victims, Inc. Jamie McAlister Law Offices, LLC by Jamie McAlister Attorney for Amicus Curiae Jamie McAlister Phoenix

_________________________________________________________________ Special Action from the Superior Court of Maricopa County No. CV-MH-99-1189 The Honorable Alan S. Kamin, Judge REVERSED and REMANDED ________________________________________________________________ Special Action from Order of the Court of Appeals Division One JURISDICTION ACCEPTED, RELIEF GRANTED _________________________________________________________________ Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General Phoenix by Randall M. Howe, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section and Consuelo M. Ohanesian, Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for State of Arizona Daphne Budge Phoenix Attorney for Walker _________________________________________________________________ McGregor, Vice Chief Justice

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