2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §13-710  Sentence for second degree murder

A. Except as provided in section 13-604, subsection S or section 13-604.01, a person who stands convicted of second degree murder as defined by section 13-1104 shall be sentenced to a presumptive term of sixteen calendar years. The presumptive term imposed pursuant to this subsection may be mitigated or aggravated by up to six years pursuant to the terms of section 13-702, subsections C and D.

B. Except as provided in section 13-604, subsection S or section 13-604.01, a person who stands convicted of second degree murder as defined by section 13-1104 and who has previously been convicted of second degree murder or a class 2 or 3 felony involving the use or exhibition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or the intentional or knowing infliction of serious physical injury on another shall be sentenced to a presumptive term of twenty calendar years. The presumptive term imposed pursuant to this subsection may be mitigated or aggravated by up to five years pursuant to the terms of section 13-702, subsections C and D.