State v. Geiger

STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a plea of guilty to a charge of second degree burglary, a violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-301 and 13-302. By A.R.S. § 13-302(A), burglary is committed if a person enters a “store * * * with intent to commit * * * petty theft * * Appellant argues that there was not a sufficient factual basis to support the acceptance of his guilty plea to petty theft in that his statement to the trial court did not provide evidence of the requisite intent.

At the hearing at which appellant pled guilty, the trial court asked him what had happened. He replied:

“Well,…