State v. Valentine

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

This appeal presents an undisputed error for the disposition of this court. The trial court accepted defendant’s admission of certain probation violations without first ascertaining defendant’s understanding of his rights to cross examine adverse witnesses and present his own and his desire to forego those rights. The state acknowledges that the trial court violated the express requirements of Rule 27.8, 17 A.R.S. Rules of Criminal Procedure. 1 Whether the error was fundamental and reversible is the issue of this appeal. We hold that it was.

Defendant was placed on…