State v. Smith

CAMERON, Justice.

The defendant, Joe U. Smith, was convicted and judged guilty of burglary, A.R.S. § 13-1507, sexual assault, A.R.S. § 13-1406, and aggravated assault, A.R.S. §§ 13-1203 and 13-1204. He was sentenced to a term of fifteen years for the burglary to run consecutively with concurrent sentences of three years for the aggravated assault and twenty-one years for the sexual assault. The Court of Appeals affirmed in a memorandum decision. We granted the defendant’s petition for review, taking jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. Art. 6, § 5(3) and Rule 31.19, Arizona Rules of Criminal…