Case Name: STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Paul Leslie LAING, Appellant
Court: Arizona Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Decision Date: 1972-12-21
Citations: 18 Ariz. App. 566
Docket Number: No. 1 CA-CR 430
Parties: STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Paul Leslie LAING, Appellant.
Judges: HAIRE, C. J., Division 1, and EU-BANK, J., concur.
Reporter: Arizona Appeals Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 566–566

Head Matter:
504 P.2d 507
STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Paul Leslie LAING, Appellant.
No. 1 CA-CR 430.
Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.
Dec. 21, 1972.
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.

Opinion:
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 sentencing satisfies itself that the factual basis for the plea establishes the crime charged and that factual basis appears in the record. State v. Schulenberg, 18 Ariz.App. 453, 503 P.2d 411 (filed November 28, 1972); State v. McCallister, 107 Ariz. 143, 483 P.2d 558 (1971) ; State v. Brown, 15 Ariz.App. 48, 485 P.2d 872 (1971). The record before this court adequately reflects such a factual basis. State v. Rowe, 109 Ariz. 12, 503 P.2d 960 (filed December 6, 1972).
We have reviewed the record for any fundamental error and have found none.
Judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.
HAIRE, C. J., Division 1, and EU-BANK, J., concur.