§ 3.7.2.5.4.2 Exception For Issues of Public Importance.

§ 3.7.2.5.4.2 Exception For Issues of Public Importance. Appellate courts have discretion to consider questions of a general public nature raised for the first time on appeal, especially substantive legal issues of statewide importance raised in the context of a fully developed record not turning on resolution of disputed facts and fully briefed by the parties. See City of Tucson v. Clear Channel Outdoor, 209 Ariz. 544, 552 n.9, ¶ 33, 105 P.3d 1163, 1171 n.9 (2005); Gosewisch v. Am. Honda Motor Co., 153 Ariz. 400, 406, 737 P.2d 376, 382 (1987); Duncan v. Progressive Preferred Ins. Co., 228 Ariz. 3, 6, ¶ 12, 261 P.3d 778, 781 (App. 2011) (issue of statewide importance); State ex rel. Horne v. Campos, 226 Ariz. 424, 428 n.5, ¶ 13, 250 P.3d 201, 205 n.5 (App. 2011) (same); State v. Leyva, 184 Ariz. 439, 442, 909 P.2d 506, 509 (App. 1995) (court considered constitutional issues presented for first time on appeal); Aldrich & Steinberger v. Martin, 172 Ariz. 445, 447-48, 837 P.2d 1180, 1182-83 (App. 1992) (appellate discretion to consider...