Court Opinion

ID: 9537483
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:18:56.527349+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:56:43.348146
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SCHROEDER, Judge,
specially concurring.
I agree that, in the absence of a specific rule governing the timing of pretrial motions in the city court, the provisions of Rule 16.1 are applicable. I further agree that the motion in this case was not timely since it was not filed twenty days prior to the trial, nor was it filed in the prompt exercise of reasonable diligence as required by Rule 16.1(c). The lack of specific rules governing non-record courts has presented problems. E. g., State ex rel. Purcell v. City Court of City of Phoenix, 112 Ariz. 517, 543 P.2d 1146 (1975). I am not persuaded that the provisions of Rule 16.1 are well suited to the nature of proceedings in non-record courts, and would urge that concerted efforts be made to develop comprehensive rules governing procedures in non-record courts.