Opinion ID: 1201386
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Heading: As an Aggravating Circumstance

Text: The trial court found that Henry's prior armed robbery conviction in California was an aggravating circumstance under A.R.S. § 13-703(F)(2). Henry argues that this finding was error because robbery in California is not necessarily a crime against a person. We rejected the same argument in State v. Correll, 148 Ariz. 468, 479, 715 P.2d 721, 732 (1986) and decline Henry's invitation to revisit the issue. His reliance on State v. Fierro, 166 Ariz. 539, 804 P.2d 72 (1990) is misplaced. There, the Texas statutory definition of robbery included recklessly causing bodily injury to another during a theft; violence was not necessary to commit the offense. In contrast, California Penal Code § 211, in existence at the time of Henry's offense, did not include recklessness: Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear.