Bolton v. SUPERIOR COURT (STATE)

OPINION

NOYES, Judge.

Defendant pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana having a weight of less than two pounds. Although this was her third conviction for possession of drugs, the plea agreement provided that “Probation is mandatory,” meaning that the parties intended for her to be sentenced as if this were her first conviction. The trial court refused to ignore the prior convictions; it rejected the mandatory probation provision of the plea agreement, then stayed sentencing so Defendant could file this special action. We accepted jurisdiction because the case raises an important question of…