State v. Thompson

OPINION.

MARTONE, Justice.

¶ 1 This case requires us to sort out the complexities of Arizona’s sentence enhancement statutes. A.R.S. § 13-604 provides for sentence enhancement when the defendant has an “historical prior felony conviction” on his record. Section 13-702.02, which is more lenient than § 13-604, provides for sentence enhancement when a defendant “is convicted of two or more felony offenses that were not committed on the same occasion but that either are consolidated for trial purposes or are not historical prior felony convictions as defined in A.R.S. § 13-604.”

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¶ 2 Arthur Leon…