MELTON v. PEOPLE

No. 21477.

401 P.2d 605 (1965)

James Harold MELTON, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Harold Melton, Jr., pro se.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error.


MOORE, Justice.

James Harold Melton, Jr., to whom we will refer as the petitioner, filed in the above entitled cause a "Motion to Vacate Judgment and Sentence and to Declare the Same Null and Void." He alleged in his motion, which was filed under the provisions of Rule 35(b), Colo.R.Crim.P., that he was arrested "at the age of twelve years, and charged by way of Information with the crime of murder in the first degree." He further alleged that he entered a plea of...

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