State of Arizona v. Glen Leo Gagnon

OPINION

VÁSQUEZ Judge.

¶ 1 After a jury trial, Glen Gagnon was convicted of trafficking in stolen property and the trial court sentenced him to a presumptive prison term of 6.5 years. On appeal, Gagnon argues the court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the trafficking charge because a more recent and specific statute, A.R.S. § 44-1630, involving false representations in pawn transactions, applies. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 We view the facts and all reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to sustaining Gagnon’s…