Court Opinion

ID: 9616407
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:46:34.564996+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:58.308436
License: Public Domain

CAMERON, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I find that the distinction between a submission on the record which is tantamount to a plea of guilty and a submission which is not tantamount to a plea of guilty, difficult to draw in theory as well as in practice.
I believe that State v. Crowley, 111 Ariz. 308, 528 P.2d 834 (1974) should apply not only to a submission on the preliminary hearing transcript when the agreement is tantamount to a plea of guilty, but also when the submission is not tantamount to a plea of guilty but upon which the trial court may, and in this case did, find the defendant guilty. To follow Crowley, supra, in all cases will avoid confusion and create a better record when reviewed for compliance with Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969).