State v. Jones

JENNINGS, Justice.

Cozzie Merrill Jones, appellant, pleaded guilty to an information charging murder in the first degree. On the date set for sentencing, appellant moved to withdraw his plea of guilty and enter a plea of not guilty. The motion was denied and appellant was adjudged guilty and sentenced to death. From the conviction and sentence and the adverse ruling upon the motion this appeal is taken.

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-533, the prosecution prepared a “statement of facts” which it would have been prepared to prove had the case gone to trial. This “statement” discloses that on December 7,…