State v. Stevens

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

The trial judge set aside a plea of guilty entered by respondent Bradley Howard Stevens (defendant). The defendant had brought an error in the plea proceedings to the court’s attention by petition for post conviction relief. The state now petitions for review and argues that defendant’s plea was wrongly set aside. We disagree and deny relief.

Defendant pled guilty to armed robbery, a class 2 felony, committed while on parole, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-604.01(B) (now renumbered as § 13-604.02(B)). The state agreed in return to dismiss an additional charge of armed robbery…