STATE v. DOSZTAL

No. 1 CA-CR 3693.

123 Ariz. 285 (1979)

599 P.2d 241

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. James Vincent DOSZTAL, Appellant.

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

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1979.

Review Denied September 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Arizona Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer III, Chief Counsel, Criminal Division, and Diane M. Ramsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by James L. Edgar, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


OPINION

OGG, Chief Judge.

In this appeal we must determine if there was a submission tantamount to a guilty plea when the defendant waived the jury and rested his case without presenting any evidence after the state's principal witness had testified in the jury trial.

The facts are clear and undisputed. Delbert Ayers, a Phoenix police officer, was assigned to a stakeout of a Revco drugstore. The defendant with a companion entered the drugstore and...

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