State v. Edwards

HAIRE, Judge.

Larry Edwards pleaded guilty to a charge of grand theft and received a sentence of three to five years in the Arizona State Prison. He has appealed from the judgment of guilt and sentence, alleging that the record does not reflect that he adequately understood the nature of the charge to which he was pleading.

The defendant was originally charged in superior court with one count of robbery and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. The defendant, who was seventeen at the time, had been remanded to the superior court for trial as an adult after a hearing before the juvenile…