State v. Ferguson

HAYS, Chief Justice.

Defendant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of furnishing marihuana. Two other charges involving marihuana were dropped and defendant was placed on probation. Sometime thereafter, defendant’s probation was revoked and he was sentenced to serve five to ten years in the Arizona State Prison. This appeal was then filed.

By an out-of-context reading of the transcript of the revocation hearing, defendant tries to establish that he was not represented by counsel at that hearing. The minutes of the hearing refer to his counsel by name. The transcript contains a statement as to…