State v. Carson

STEVENS, Judge.

Carson was charged by a direct information filed in the Superior Court. The information charged that on 8 August 1967 he “did then and there use or wa3 under the influence of a narcotic drug, all in violation of A.R.S., Sec. 36-1062, as amended 1961.” The penalty provision of the code section in question insofar as it related to the case now under consideration is as follows:

“Any person convicted of violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for a first offense be sentenced to serve a term of not less than ninety days nor more than one year in…