Three Strikes and Habitual Offender Laws in Arizona

Arizona's repetitive offender law gives longer prison ranges based on 'historical prior felony convictions': one prior makes a category two repetitive offender and two or more priors make a category three repetitive offender. For a category three offender the presumptive term is 15.75 years for a class 2 felony (14 to 28), 11.25 years for class 3 (10 to 20), 10 years for class 4 (8 to 12), 5 years for class 5 (4 to 6) and 3.75 years for class 6 (3 to 4.5). Separately, a person convicted of a serious offense after two or more prior serious offenses gets life with no release for at least 25 years, and a person convicted of a violent or aggravated felony after two or more such priors on separate occasions (within 15 years, excluding time in custody) gets life with commutation possible only after 35 years.