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PEOPLE v. RILEY

No. 26099.

529 P.2d 1312 (1975)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sidney A. RILEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 6, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Daniel E. Muse, Denver, for defendant-appellant.

ERICKSON, Justice.

Sidney A. Riley, with the advice of counsel and after consultation with his family, entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter. C.R.S.1963, 40-2-5. Thereafter, before sentence was imposed, he sought to withdraw his guilty plea, contending that he was coerced into entering the plea and that he had a meritorious defense. The trial judge denied Riley's motion to withdraw his plea. Riley appealed. We affirm.

Riley was initially charged...

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