State v. Palmer

THOMPSON, Judge.

¶ 1 Richie W. Palmer (defendant) appeals his convictions and sentences on counts 1 through 5 and, alternatively, asserts that he should be granted presentence incarceration credit on his natural life sentence following his first-degree murder conviction. Finding no error, we affirm.

¶ 2 Defendant and three accomplices beat to death victim B.M. The victim came to Phoenix with approximately $24,000 intending to purchase marijuana and transport it back to Chicago. Defendant was B.M.’s Phoenix contact. Defendant picked B.M. up from the airport and took him to defendant’s former…