RIVERA-LONGORIA v. Slayton

¶ 17 Plea bargaining is a core prosecutorial power. Donald, 198 Ariz. at 417, 1139, 10 P.3d at 1204. Plea bargaining is within the discretionary power of the prosecutor. State v. Morse, 127 Ariz. 25, 32, 617 P.2d 1141, 1148 (1980). “[T]he process of plea bargaining ... is left to the prosecutor’s discretion.” State v. Delk, 153 Ariz. 70, 72, 734 P.2d 612, 614 (App.1986). In Arizona, there is no right to a plea bargain. Morse, 127 Ariz. at 31, 617 P.2d at 1147.

¶ 18 In her separate opinion in Donald, then-Judge Berch noted that our supreme court had held that “[wjhen or whether to offer a plea…