Court Opinion

ID: 9614511
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:26:03.377594+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:36.711462
License: Public Domain

EUBANK, Judge,
concurring in part, dissenting in part:
Although I agree with the majority that the judge was not bound under A.R.S. § 13-2503(B) to impose a consecutive sentence, I dissent because I believe appellant should have been given a consecutive sentence under former A.R.S. § 13-604.01(B) (currently A.R.S. § 13-604.02(B)).
The appellant was on probation at the time of his escape, and it is a matter of record that his probation had been revoked by the time of sentencing. Under such circumstances, the mandatory sentencing requirement of former A.R.S. § 13-604.-01(B) (currently A.R.S. § 13-604.02(B)) is applicable. State v. Barksdale, 143 Ariz. 465, 674 P.2d 295 (App.1984). Thus, if on remand the trial judge should decide that a consecutive sentence is not called for on the escape, he should reject the plea agreement rather than impose a concurrent sentence contrary to law. I do recognize, however, an ambiguity in the case law resulting from our supreme court’s decision in State v. Waggoner, 144 Ariz. 237, 697 P.2d 326 (1985), but nonetheless believe that Barksdale controls in this case.