State v. Armendariz

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is what types of prior convictions may be used to enhance punishment for a crime designated as a class 2 dangerous nature felony. On May 19, 1979, appellant, Antonio Leyva Armen-dariz fatally shot his estranged wife. After plea negotiations, he entered a plea of guilty to murder, second degree, a class 2 dangerous nature felony in violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-1101, 13-1104 and 13-604. 1 He also pled guilty to a prior 1963 conviction of assault with a deadly weapon, which was alleged and found to be a dangerous nature felony and the plea agreement…