State v. Pena

HOLOHAN, Chief Justice.

The appellant Sebastian Pena escaped from the Maricopa County Jail where he had been confined awaiting trial on eight felony charges in case CR-124947. He was subsequently apprehended and indicted for escape in violation of A.R.S. § 13-2503. The appellant pled guilty to the escape charge and admitted two prior felony convictions. He was sentenced to the presumptive term of five years with the sentence to run consecutively to the sentence imposed in case CR-124947.

The appellant filed a timely appeal raising the single issue whether a mandatory consecutive sentence is…