A. A person, while in the custody of the state department of corrections or a county or city jail, who commits assault on another person with the intent to incite to riot or who participates in a riot is guilty of a class 2 felony.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-1207

  • Felony: means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the state department of corrections is authorized by any law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

B. A person who is convicted of a violation of this section shall not be eligible for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis until the sentence imposed by the court has been served or commuted and the sentence shall be consecutive to any other sentence presently being served by the convicted person.