State v. Levasseur

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Pursuant to a plea agreement, on August 3, 1977 appellant entered a guilty plea to obstructing justice, “open end” and the plea to an “open end” offense was accepted. On September 1,1977, the date set for sentencing, the court adjudged appellant guilty of obstructing justice, a misdemeanor, and placed him on probation for a period of two years upon certain conditions.

At the time of sentencing, A.R.S. Sec. 13-1657(A)(1) provided for suspension of the imposition of sentence in misdemeanor cases “for a period of up to two years, even though the maximum term of sentence which…