State v. Goswick

CAMERON, Justice.

Defendant, Johnny Travis Goswick, was convicted and judged guilty of dangerous or deadly assault by a prisoner, A.R.S. § 13-1206, and possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner, A.R.S. § 31-232. He was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for twenty-five years for the assault under the provisions of A.R.S. § 13-1206, and to a concurrent term of four years for the possession of a weapon, A.R.S. § 13-701. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. Art. 6, § 5(3) and A.R.S. § 13-4031.

The issues we must resolve in this appeal are:

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