Rineer v. Leonardo

OPINION

ZLAKET, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 In 1973, Barry Lee Rineer entered a guilty plea to a rape charge brought pursuant to former A.R.S. § 13-611. His victim was a minor. He served a prison sentence and was released in 1979. The following year, Rineer was convicted of aggravated assault for pointing a gun at another. He also pleaded guilty to armed robbery arising out of a separate incident. Neither offense was of a sexual nature. He received consecutive sentences of 11.25 years and 10.5 years for these two crimes.

¶2 Petitioner was due to be released from prison on September 25, 1997. Shortly…