State v. Barnard

OPINION

FROEB, Presiding Judge.

Petitioner Gary Hartwell Barnard pleaded guilty to the crime of child molesting. He was sentenced on June 27, 1978, to a term in the Arizona State Prison of not less than two nor more than three years. The statute under which petitioner was sentenced, A.R.S. § 13-653, 1 prohibits deduction of good behavior or double time credits until he has served one year:

A person who molests a child under the age of fifteen years by fondling, playing with, or touching the private parts of such child or who causes a child under the age of fifteen years to fondle, play with, or…