State v. Thurlow

HAYS, Justice.

Defendant, Robert Lee Thurlow, pled guilty to one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, A.R.S. § 13-1204(A)(2) and one count of facilitation of transfer of a narcotic drug, A.R.S. § 13-3406(A)(3). The trial court imposed presumptive sentences of 5 years for the aggravated assault and a concurrent 1.5 years on the facilitation count. The Court of Appeals affirmed (2 CA-CR 3697 and 2 CA-CR 3698, filed 4/26/85).

Defendant has petitioned this court for review, claiming that the appeals court improperly restricted the meaning of A.R.S. § 13-702(E)(5) concerning what may…