State v. Stotts

GORDON, Vice Chief Justice:

On July 8, 1976, appellant James Stotts, aka James Aye, pled guilty to the old-code crime of armed aggravated assault with one prior. See A.R.S. § 13-245(C) (repealed). This conviction arose from an incident in which appellant, armed with a knife, attacked a fifteen year old girl in an apparent attempted sexual assault.

The trial court suspended imposition of sentence and placed appellant on probation for fifteen years. The conditions of probation included appellant’s return to the State of Washington, where appellant was wanted as a parole violator. In Washington,…