STATE v. PAC

No. 1 CA-CR 88-307.

163 Ariz. 58 (1989)

785 P.2d 1246

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. James Leo PAC, Appellant.

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

Review Granted February 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Jessica G. Funkhouser, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., and Diane M. Ramsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Dean W. Trebesch, Maricopa County Public Defender by John W. Rood, III, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

The defendant entered a guilty plea to a crime that rendered him statutorily ineligible to earn release credits while incarcerated. At the change of plea hearing, the trial court did not advise defendant of this special statutory condition to his plea. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court's failure to do so rendered the plea involuntary.

We conclude that the trial court erred. We hold that a trial court must inform...

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