OPINION
BALES, Justice.
¶ 1 A 1996 initiative measure known as Proposition 200 requires courts to place certain first- and second-time drug offenders on probation including appropriate drug treatment or education. Ariz.Rev.Stat. ("A.R.S.") § 13-901.01 (2002). Mandatory probation, however, does not apply to any defendant "who has been convicted of or indicted for a violent crime," and such persons may be imprisoned for their drug offenses. A.R.S...
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