State v. Berger

GORDON, Chief Justice.

The State of Arizona and defendant (Roger Allen Berger) both petitioned this Court to review the court of appeals’ decision, 164 Ariz. 46, 790 P.2d 744, upholding the imposition of lifetime parole as part of the sentence following defendant’s conviction of a dangerous crime against children in the second degree. We granted review because of an apparent conflict with the court of appeals’ decision in State v. Wagstaff, 161 Ariz. 66, 775 P.2d 1130 (App. 1988). We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3).

For purposes of our review, it is sufficient to note…