State v. Dishong

STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

On January 6, 1976, appellant Merle Leo Dishong pled no contest to two counts of child molestation. He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of ten to twenty-one years on each count. Appellant did not timely appeal from his convictions. The Superior Court, however, on July 28, 1978, allowed a delayed appeal. The Court of Appeals affirmed in a per curiam memorandum decision. Opinion of the Court of Appeals, 2 CA-CR 1539 and 2 CA-CR 1540-2, filed December 1, 1978, vacated.

Appellant urges that his conviction should be set aside because the trial court failed to…