State v. Hills

HAYS, Justice.

Pursuant to a plea agreement, Michael Clifford Hills pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received a life sentence.' Ostensibly in compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), appellate counsel submitted a brief. The brief, however, raises no arguable issues of law, which is the essential obligation imposed by Anders, supra.

We take jurisdiction under A.R.S. § 13-4031.

FACTS

On January 25,1979, appellant and several male companions stole some knives in contemplation of robbing a local bar in Yuma.

When the group entered the bar, the…