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AI-Assisted DUI Report Gets Driver Released
Commissioner Daniel Fenzel released Anthony Edward Rene Quidera after a DPS trooper's probable-cause statement said Truleo AI helped write it. He was later charged, with an arraignment set for Nov. 12.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A release at this stage means the commissioner would not find probable cause on a narrative he could not attribute to the trooper. It is not a dismissal, and it is not a verdict. If the case is going to be tried, the state still has to prove it with a human account.
An Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper arrested Anthony Edward Rene Quidera on Oct. 29 for driving under the influence, speeding more than 20 mph over the limit, and having an open container in the vehicle. Court records put the stop on eastbound Interstate 10 near 79th Avenue, after a vehicle was seen going over 100 mph in a 65 mph zone. The arrest narrative described that vehicle as a Dodge Charger.
The trooper's probable-cause statement said it was generated with assistance from Truleo AI, and that the facts in it were the officer's own. Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Daniel Fenzel wrote that he could not tell how much of the narrative a generative AI wrote, because the officer's original account was not attached. He found he could not decide probable cause, and Quidera was released.
The release was not a dismissal. Justice Court records showed Quidera was later charged, and an arraignment was set for Nov. 12. In August the Arizona Supreme Court refused to ban generative AI from judges' own work and told its steering committee to recommend rules by March 1, 2027.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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