State v. Johnson

OPINION

PELANDER, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 The state petitions for review of the trial court’s order granting respondent’s petition for post-conviction relief and ruling that he was entitled to be reclassified as eligible for parole pursuant to the holding in State v. Tarango, 185 Ariz. 208, 914 P.2d 1300 (1996). We agree with the state that the court erred in finding that Tarango applied and in granting relief.

¶ 2 Respondent was convicted in 1990 of armed robbery, a class two felony committed while he was on probation and with one prior felony conviction. He was originally sentenced to an…