State v. Varela

HAYS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a sentence imposed upon Gregoris Morales Varela following his plea of guilty to possession of phenobarbital, a dangerous drug, in violation of A.R.S. § 32-1970(C) as defined in A.R.S. § 32-1901(9). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 17A A.R.S. Supreme Court Rules, rule 47(e). We affirm.

We must deal with three issues on appeal:

1. whether there was a factual basis for the guilty plea as required by Rule 17.3, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure;

2. whether Varela has standing to challenge A.R.S. § 32-1970(C) as an unconstitutional delegation of legislative…