STATE v. VIRAMONTES

No. 2 CA-CR 00-0227.

27 P.3d 809 (2001)

200 Ariz. 452

The STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Samuel Phillip VIRAMONTES, Appellant.

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

June 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, by Randall M. Howe and Cynthia A. Ryan, Tucson, for appellee.

Isabel G. Garcia, Pima County Legal Defender, by Robb P. Holmes and Lois Yankowski, Tucson, for appellant.


OPINION

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 After a jury trial, appellant Samuel Viramontes was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to a prison term of natural life. On appeal, he claims the trial court erred by failing to apply the special sentencing procedures in A.R.S. § 13-703 to determine whether to impose natural life or a life sentence with the possibility of release in twenty-five years, and by considering natural life the presumptive...

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