The client carried a Class 4 Felony Attempt to Commit Aggravated Robbery conviction out of Maricopa County Superior Court from a 2016 case. Future First filed the Application to Set Aside under ARS § 13-905 and the court granted the application in 100 days, vacating the violent felony and restoring firearm rights in the same order.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Attempt to Commit Aggravated Robbery (ARS § 13-1903A), Class 4 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Set Aside, ARS § 13-905, 2024 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Set Aside Granted. Conviction vacated, judgment of guilt dismissed, all civil disabilities lifted. |
| Rights restored | Firearm rights restored in the same order under ARS § 13-905(D). |
| Time from application to grant | 100 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Class 4 Felony Attempt Aggravated Robbery conviction sits in the violent-offense bucket on every background screen. The conviction trailed the client across employment, housing, and every formal review years after sentence completion. The client had finished probation, satisfied every monetary obligation, and stayed out of trouble. The lingering active conviction was the bottleneck.
Attempt Aggravated Robbery under ARS § 13-1903 is one of the offenses that opposing counsel scrutinize hardest at the set aside stage. Set aside applications on violent-coded felonies have to close every door under ARS § 13-905(K) and carry a documented rehabilitation record that the court can credit.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Set Aside under ARS § 13-905 in Maricopa County Superior Court. The application included the documented sentence completion, absolute discharge, the multi-year clean record, and the statutory factors. Future First addressed the violent-offense category head-on under § 13-905(K) and showed the court why the case fit the rehabilitation pattern the statute rewards. The firearm rights restoration request under § 13-905(D) ran in the same filing.
Applications on attempt-violent felonies live or die on documentation. Future First built the package around the statutory framework and the full performance record. The 100-day grant reflects how Maricopa moves clean applications on this category when the prosecutor sees no opening to object.
The judge signed the order. Set aside granted on the Class 4 Felony Attempt Aggravated Robbery. Firearm rights restored. The conviction is vacated, the guilty judgment is dismissed, and the civil disabilities lift in full.
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If you have an Arizona violent-offense felony on your record
ARS § 13-905(K) lists offense categories that limit or exclude set aside eligibility. Attempt offenses sit one step away from the completed offense in the statute. The attempt classification matters for both eligibility and the persuasion the court needs to grant relief.
The application has to address the offense category directly. The court reads § 13-905(A) and § 13-905(K) together. The rehabilitation record, time elapsed, and behavior since the conviction are the levers that move the outcome. Sentence completion is the floor, not the finish line.
Set aside under § 13-905 vacates the conviction and lifts the civil disabilities. It is the foundation for sealing under ARS § 13-911 once the sealing wait period has run. For a Class 4 Felony case, that wait is five years from judge-ordered non-financial completion.
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