State v. Gastelum

LOCKWOOD, Chief Justice:

The appellant, who will be hereinafter referred to as the defendant, plead guilty to the crime of illegal sale of heroin. He was sentenced to the Arizona State Prison by the Superior Court of Maricopa County for a term of not less than fifteen years nor more than twenty years. The defendant sold the heroin to one Jesse C. Saenz, an undercover agent for the narcotic division of the State Liquor Department. The offense occurred on April 18, 1963, and the *293defendant was adjudged guilty and sentenced on June 24, 1963.

Paragraph A of § 36-1002.02 A.R.S. as amended in 1961…