(Download) "Larry Wayne Large V. Superior Court" by Arizona Supreme Court ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Larry Wayne Large V. Superior Court
- Author : Arizona Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 24, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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Larry Wayne Large (petitioner) is a prisoner committed to the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) and confined at the Alhambra Treatment Unit (ATU), a mental health treatment facility. On April 23, 1985, Large filed a "Petition for an Order Prohibiting Forcible Administration of Psychotropic Drugs," Maricopa County Superior Court Cause No. MH 27765. The State of Arizona filed a motion to dismiss Large's petition. The trial court granted the state's motion and dismissed the petition. Petitioner sought relief by a special action, joining the trial judge, the state and the DOC as respondents.*fn1 Because petitioner has no adequate remedy by appeal and the question presented is of constitutional significance, we have accepted jurisdiction. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 5(1) and Rule 8, Ariz.R.P.Sp.Act., 17A A.R.S. In our review of the order granting the motion to dismiss, we must assume the truth of petitioner's allegations. Donnelly Construction Co. v. Oberg/Hunt/Gilleland, 139 Ariz. 184, 186, 677 P.2d 1292, 1294 (1984). The dismissal can be upheld only if petitioner's claim could not entitle him to relief under any facts susceptible of proof. Id.