State v. Ceasar

OPINION

CATTANI, Judge:

¶ 1 We are asked to address the proper classification of and sentencing range for repetitive misdemeanor offenses under Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) § ÍS-JWÍB).1 We hold that, as applied to repeated class 1 misdemeanors, the statute dictates that the offense of conviction remains classified as a class 1 misdemeanor, but the sentence imposed is that of a class 6 felony. Accordingly, and for reasons that follow, we accept the State’s concession that Marcus Dean Cea-saFs disorderly conduct convictions should have been classified as misdemeanor offenses, and we remand…