STATE v. CARSON

No. 2 CA-CR 4219.

149 Ariz. 587 (1986)

720 P.2d 972

The STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. John J. CARSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department B.

June 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick S. Dean, City Atty. by R. William Call, Asst. City Atty., Tucson, for appellee.

Harley Kurlander, Tucson, for appellant.


OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged, and pled guilty to, agreeing to commit an act of prostitution in violation of a Tucson city ordinance. The ordinance provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of ten days in jail. The city magistrate found the mandatory sentence to be cruel and unusual punishment and refused to impose it. The State appealed to superior court; that court reversed the magistrate's ruling and ordered the matter remanded...

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