State v. Butler

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order revoking appellant’s probation for the offense of joyriding and sentencing him to one year in the county jail.

Appellant seeks reversal because (1) the trial court misadvised him as to the joyriding sentence and (2) failed to comply with Rule 27.8(e), Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A.R.S.

Before accepting appellant’s admission of the allegations of the petition to revoke, the court advised him of the nature of the violation, his right to cross examine witnesses and to present witnesses in his behalf, and that he had a right to remain…