State v. Shapiro

OPINION

HAIRE, Chief Judge.

Defendant raises two questions on this delayed appeal from the revocation of his probation and the resulting imposition of sentence.

He first urges that the revocation of probation was not valid because the trial judge failed to comply with the provisions of Rule 27.8, Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A.R.S., in accepting his admission of violation of the conditions of his probation. The charged violation was that while defendant was on probation he had been arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, a felony, and that he had subsequently pled guilty in the…