State v. Brown

OPINION

DRUKE, J. (Retired).

¶ 1 A jury found Jeffrey Allen Brown guilty of shoplifting, a class four felony. The trial court then conducted a bench trial on the state’s allegation of prior conviction and found that Brown had been previously convicted of manslaughter, which enhanced the sentencing range for the shoplifting offense pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-604. As a result, the trial court sentenced him to an aggravated, six-year prison term. On appeal, Brown raises two issues: whether the time limits of Rule 8.2, Ariz. R.Crim. P., 16A A.R.S., apply to the trial of an allegation of prior…