Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-03-10 16:03:28.031594+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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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, Appellee,

                                        v.

                  JESSE XAVIER NAVARRETE, Appellant.

                             No. 1 CA-CR 14-0286
                               FILED 3-10-2015

             Appeal from the Superior Court in Yuma County
                        No. S1400CR201100825
                The Honorable Maria Elena Cruz, Judge

                        AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED

                                   COUNSEL

Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix
By Adriana M. Zick
Counsel for Appellee

Yuma County Public Defender’s Office, Yuma
By Edward F. McGee
Counsel for Appellant
                          STATE v. NAVARRETE
                           Decision of the Court

                       MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge Margaret H. Downie delivered the decision of the Court,
in which Judge Patricia K. Norris and Judge Randall M. Howe joined.

D O W N I E, Judge:

¶1             Jesse Xavier Navarrete contends the superior court erred in
calculating presentence incarceration credit. We conclude Navarrete is
entitled to six additional days’ credit and therefore affirm his sentence as
modified.

                 FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2            In January 2012, Navarrete pled guilty to one count of
aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, a class
four felony. He was placed on intensive probation for 48 months. As a
condition of probation, Navarrete was ordered to serve four months in the
custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections.

¶3            Navarrete was released from custody on February 24, 2012 —
the date of his sentencing — because he had accrued 223 days of
presentence incarceration credit. After a series of violations, Navarrete’s
probation was revoked on April 16, 2014. Navarrete was sentenced to the
presumptive term of 2.5 years and received 584 days of presentence
incarceration credit.

¶4            Navarrete timely appealed. We have jurisdiction pursuant to
Article 6, Section 9, of the Arizona Constitution, and Arizona Revised
Statutes (“A.R.S.”) sections 12-120.21(A)(1), 13-4031, and -4033(A)(1).

                               DISCUSSION

¶5           Navarrete argues he was entitled to 600 days of presentence
incarceration credit, not 584. The State agrees Navarrete’s credit was
improperly calculated, but asserts he is only entitled to an additional 5 days.

¶6            As relevant to these proceedings, Navarrete was in custody
for the following periods of time: (1) July 16, 2011 to February 24, 2012; (2)
April 8, 2012 to April 10, 2012; (3) April 17, 2012 to April 19, 2012; (4) April
29, 2012 to May 1, 2012; (5) July 13, 2012 to October 10, 2012; (6) November

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9, 2012 to November 26, 2012; (7) December 7, 2012 to December 10, 2012;
(8) January 13, 2013 to January 14, 2013; (9) January 18, 2013 to January 20,
2013; (10) January 25, 2013 to January 27, 2013; (11) February 20, 2013 to
February 27, 2013; (12) March 4, 2013 to July 23, 2013; and (13) January 19,
2014 to April 16, 2014.

¶7            The parties agree the superior court erred by giving
Navarrete credit for only two days for periods (2), (3), (4), (9), and (10). On
those occasions, Navarrete was incarcerated for a 48 hour period that
extended over three calendar days. The parties also agree Navarrete should
have received two days’ credit instead of one day for period (8). On that
occasion, Navarrete was in custody from January 13 until January 14. We
agree with the parties as to these periods of time. Navarrete is entitled to a
day of credit for each calendar day spent in custody, regardless of the
amount of time actually served on each day. See State v. Carnegie, 174 Ariz.
452, 454, 850 P.2d 690, 692 (App. 1993). The superior court only awarded
two days of credit for each of the 48 hour periods and only one day of credit
for the January 13 to January 14 period. Navarrete is entitled to six
additional days of credit.1

¶8            Navarrete has not established entitlement to additional credit.
In his opening brief, he erroneously lists time spent in custody from
September 2, 2011 to September 11, 2011 twice, causing his calculations to
be inflated by 10 days.

1       We disagree with the State’s contention Navarrete should not have
received one day’s credit for February 24, 2012. A defendant is not entitled
to presentence incarceration credit for the day he is sentenced because that
day constitutes the first day of his sentence and is thus not presentence
incarceration. State v. Hamilton, 153 Ariz. 244, 246, 735 P.2d 854, 856 (App.
1987). However, February 24, 2012 is the date Navarrete was placed on
probation and released from custody. He did not begin serving a term of
incarceration imposed at sentencing on that date.

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                              CONCLUSION

¶9             For the reasons stated, we modify Navarrete’s sentence to
reflect entitlement to 590 days of presentence incarceration credit, see State
v. Ritch, 160 Ariz. 495, 499, 774 P.2d 234, 238 (App. 1989), and affirm his
sentence as modified.

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