State v. Godfrey

OPINION

MEYERSON, Judge.

Appellant was originally charged by indictment with two separate counts of theft, class 3 felonies. Following a jury trial he was convicted on count I, involving the theft of a motor vehicle and acquitted on count II, theft of certain personal property. Appellant thereafter entered a plea of guilty to the allegation of a prior convic tion. He was sentenced to a presumptive term of 7.5 years in the Arizona State Prison. On appeal, appellant raises four issues:

1. Did the court’s failure to swear the jury until the beginning of deliberations make the verdict a nullity?

2.…