Legal Opinion
State v. Benenati
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided September 3, 2002No. 2 CA-CR 1999-0064PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRAMMER, Presiding Judge.
¶ 1 A jury found appellant Mare Benenati guilty of two counts of unlawful sale of a narcotic drug. After finding he had three prior convictions and had committed these offenses while on release for a separate felony offense, the trial court sentenced Benenati to concurrent, presumptive, 17.75-year prison terms, including a two-year mandatory enhancement pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-604(R). Benenati raises three issues on appeal: (1) the trial court erred in responding ex parte to a jury question; (2) the trial court violated his right to a jury trial under Apprendi…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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3Cited by21 opinions
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