STATE v. DORSEY

Nos. 1 CA-CR 2142 and 1 CA-CR 2143.

115 Ariz. 250 (1977)

564 P.2d 939

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Michael G. DORSEY, Appellant.

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

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1977.

Review Denied May 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, Arizona Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., and Diane M. DeBrosse, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by Garth V. Smith, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


NELSON, Presiding Judge.

These consolidated appeals involving two guilty pleas raise the single question of whether the trial court was required, prior to taking the pleas, to make determinations of competency when appellant's competence to enter a plea of guilty had been established in another case in another division of the superior court two weeks earlier. Under the particular facts presented we answer the question in the negative.

Appellant was first charged...

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