STATE v. LAING

No. 1 CA-CR 430.

18 Ariz. App. 566 (1972)

504 P.2d 507

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Paul Leslie LAING, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

December 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by Louis A. Moore, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender, by James H. Kemper, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


JACOBSON, Judge.

Defendant Paul Leslie Laing has appealed his conviction and sentence, following his plea of guilty, to the crime of involuntary manslaughter.

The only issue raised on appeal which, it is alleged, invalidates the plea of guilty was the failure of the trial court to explain to the defendant the elements of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. We have held on numerous occasions that such an explanation is not required if the court, prior to...

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