STATE v. NATOLI

No. CV-87-0057-SA.

158 Ariz. 525 (1988)

764 P.2d 10

STATE of Arizona, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Jay NATOLI, Judge of the Superior Court of Arizona, in and for the County of Navajo, and Darin Kipp JONES, Defendant-Real Party in Interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

October 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale K. Patton, Jr., Navajo County Atty. by Joel H. Ruechel, Deputy Navajo Co. Atty., Holbrook, for petitioner.

Joseph Julius Hessinger, P.C. by Joseph Julius Hessinger, Pinetop, for real party in interest.


HOLOHAN, Justice.

We accepted jurisdiction of the state's petition for special action to consider whether a defendant may collaterally attack the validity of a criminal conviction from a non-record court solely on the basis of a lack of record to support the finding that a factual basis existed for a plea of guilty. The issue is one of statewide importance because it affects the validity of most of the convictions based on a guilty plea entered in non-record courts...

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