HOLOHAN, Justice.
We accepted jurisdiction of the state's petition for special action to consider whether a defendant may collaterally attack the validity of a criminal conviction from a non-record court solely on the basis of a lack of record to support the finding that a factual basis existed for a plea of guilty. The issue is one of statewide importance because it affects the validity of most of the convictions based on a guilty plea entered in non-record courts...
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