PEOPLE v. GLEASON

No. 25439.

502 P.2d 69 (1972)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Omar GLEASON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Patricia W. Robb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colo. State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, T. Michael Dutton, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


HODGES, Justice.

Defendant Omar Gleason, after pleading guilty to statutory rape, moved to withdraw that plea and enter a plea of not guilty. His motion was denied and he was sentenced to the penitentiary.

On appeal, the defendant urges reversal on the ground that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for withdrawal of his guilty plea, since the guilty plea was not made with an understanding of the nature and elements of the crime. The...

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