Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-10-18 17:02:19.48077+00
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NOTICE: NOT FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL
                 AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.

                                    IN THE
             ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS
                                DIVISION ONE

                            STATE OF ARIZONA,
                                 Appellant,

                                        v.

                        ROGER WESLEY GIARDINI,
                               Appellee.

                             No. 1 CA-CR 21-0481
                               FILED 10-18-2022

           Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
                        No. CR2011-121922-001
           The Honorable Anne H. Phillips, Judge Pro Tempore

                        AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED

                                   COUNSEL

Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, Phoenix
By Lawrence S. Matthew
Counsel for Appellee

Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix
By Robert E. Prather
Counsel for Appellant
                           STATE v. GIARDINI
                           Decision of the Court

                      MEMORANDUM DECISION

Judge James B. Morse Jr. delivered the decision of the Court, in which
Presiding Judge Jennifer M. Perkins and Judge Michael J. Brown joined.

M O R S E, Judge:

¶1            The State of Arizona appeals the award of presentence
incarceration credit for Roger Wesley Giardini. We modify the sentence
and affirm the conviction and sentence as modified.

             FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2            Roger Wesley Giardini entered a guilty plea for Failure to
Register as a Sex Offender on August 12, 2011, for which he was sentenced
to a lifetime of supervised probation. Hoping to serve his probationary
sentence in California, Giardini submitted an Interstate Compact, which
California accepted.

¶3            While on Interstate Compact Supervision in California,
Giardini committed the crime of Child Annoyance in June 2012. Arizona
filed a petition to revoke probation on July 27, 2012. On July 30, the
probation department entered a detainer hold on Giardini in California
pursuant to the Arizona case.

¶4           The California court convicted Giardini on the Child
Annoyance charge and sentenced him to two years in the California
Department of Corrections. California granted Giardini parole on July 7,
2013, and extradited him to Arizona on July 23. On August 14, 2013, the
Arizona court reinstated Giardini's probation. Giardini spent a total of 358
days incarcerated in California while subject to the Arizona detainer.

¶5            Subsequently, the State filed three additional petitions to
revoke Giardini's probation. After the latest petition, the court revoked
probation and sentenced Giardini to 2.5 years imprisonment, with 483 days
of pre-incarceration credit, including credit for 358 days that Giardini spent
in California prison while subject to the detainer.

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                            STATE v. GIARDINI
                            Decision of the Court

                               DISCUSSION

¶6            The sole question presented for review is whether the trial
court erred in granting presentence incarceration credit for the time
Giardini served in a California prison on a California offense. The parties
agree that the court erred in granting 483 days of credit.

¶7            We also agree that the court erred. Whether Giardini is
entitled to presentence incarceration credit is a matter of statutory
interpretation, which we review de novo. State v. Bomar, 199 Ariz. 472, 475,
¶ 5 (App. 2001). The law provides that "[a]ll time actually spent in custody
pursuant to an offense until the prisoner is sentenced to imprisonment for
such offense shall be credited against the term of imprisonment . . . ." A.R.S.
§ 13-712(B).

¶8            A criminal defendant is entitled to presentence incarceration
credit for time spent in out-of-state custody so long as the out-of-state
incarceration is pursuant to the Arizona offense. State v. Mahler, 128 Ariz.
429, 430 (1981). But he is not entitled to presentence incarceration credit for
time spent in out-of-state custody on an out-of-state charge, regardless of
whether he is subject to an Arizona detainer. State v. Horrisberger, 133 Ariz.
569, 570 (App. 1982). The distinction is whether the Arizona charge is a
"but-for" cause of his out-of-state incarceration. State v. Cecena, 235 Ariz.
623, 626, ¶ 10 (App. 2014).

¶9             For most of his time in California prison, Giardini would have
been incarcerated regardless of the Arizona hold. Giardini acknowledges
that he is not entitled to credit for the time spent in custody pursuant to the
California charges, but claims he is entitled to credit for 140 days, including
the time after his California parole began. On appeal the State does not take
an explicit position on the correct amount of credit. But when it moved the
superior court to modify the sentence, the State urged the court to grant 140
days presentence incarceration credit.

¶10           Giardini is not entitled to presentence incarceration credit for
all post-detainer time spent in California prison, but he is entitled to the
time he spent in custody after his parole grant. Accordingly, we modify the
sentence, consistent with Giardini's position on appeal and the State's
position before the superior court, to reflect credit for 140 days served
instead of 483.

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                          STATE v. GIARDINI
                          Decision of the Court

                              CONCLUSION

¶11           For the foregoing reasons, we modify Giardini's sentence and
affirm his conviction and sentence as modified.

                         AMY M. WOOD • Clerk of the Court
                         FILED: AA

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