State v. Buffum

CAMERON, Justice.

Defendant was charged by indictment with seven counts of sexual conduct with a minor under fifteen years of age, A.R.S. § 13-1405; and seven counts of child molestation, A.R.S. § 13-1410. Both offenses are Class Two Felonies, A.R.S. § 13-1405(B) and A.R.S. § 13-1410, with a presumptive sentence of seven years imprisonment. A.R.S. § 13-701(B). The victim was an eleven year old girl who lived with her mother, and defendant was the common law husband of the girl’s mother. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 47(e)(5), Rules of the Supreme Court, 17A A.R.S.

We need consider only…