STATE v. KOVACEVICH

No. 1 CA-CR 957.

26 Ariz. App. 216 (1976)

547 P.2d 487

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Willie Pete KOVACEVICH, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1976.

Review Denied May 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen., William J. Schafer, III, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., Galen H. Wilkes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by Anne Kappes, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


OPINION

SCHROEDER, Judge.

Appellant Willie Pete Kovacevich appeals from the order revoking his probation on three counts of forgery and from the three consecutive sentences of 7 to 14 years subsequently imposed. We hold that there was no reversible error with respect to the probation revocation, but further hold that in the circumstances of this case, the consecutive sentences were excessive and modify them to run concurrently.

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