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Title: Mitchell v. Superior Court
Author : Arizona Supreme Court
Release Date : January 29, 1984
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 56 KB

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On October 5, 1973, the then presiding judge of the Pima County Superior Court promulgated an order directing all presentence reports to be sealed and the following notation placed on the outside: "To Be Opened Upon Order of a Judge of the Superior Court Only." This order purported to comply with Rule 26.6(e) of the Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure. However, that Rule favors disclosure; it states that presentence reports "prepared under Rule 26.4, 26.5 and 26.7(c) are matters of public record unless otherwise provided by the court." Our statutes also evince a legislative policy favoring disclosure, unless strong countervailing considerations exist. Carlson v. Pima County, 141 Ariz. 487, 687 P.2d 1242 (1984).