PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

No. 26173.

533 P.2d 926 (1975)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raul Stephen MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, In Department.

March 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., E. Ronald Beeks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Thomas M. Van Cleave III, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


ERICKSON, Justice.

The issue before us is whether the trial court erred in not permitting the defendant, Raul Stephen Martinez, to withdraw his plea of guilty to possession of heroin, a narcotic drug. C.R.S.1963, 48-5-2.1 Resolution of the question lies within the sound discretion of the trial court, and since the trial court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm.

Martinez was originally charged in an information with possession...

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