In order to preserve and protect the rights of crime victims to justice and the right of the people to safety, it is a fundamental purpose of the criminal law to identify and remove from society persons whose conduct continues to threaten public safety through the commission of violent or aggravated felonies after having been convicted twice previously of violent or aggravated felony offenses.
A.R.S. § 13-101.01
Additional purposes of the criminal law
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 89 Arizona Cases Digest 26 - State v. Agundez-Martinez (2023)
Most recently applied in 89 Arizona Cases Digest 26 - State v. Agundez-Martinez (February 2023)
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.