PEOPLE v. WAITS

No. 81CA1312.

695 P.2d 1176 (1984)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy Lee WAITS, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1984.

Certiorari Granted February 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Sol. Gen., Dolores S. Atencio, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Haddon, Morgan & Foreman, P.C., Susan L. Foreman, Norman R. Mueller, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


BERMAN, Judge.

Defendant, Jimmy Lee Waits, appeals the trial court's denial of his Crim.P. 35(c) motion for post-conviction relief on the basis that his pleas of guilty to the charges of attempted first degree murder and second degree burglary were unconstitutionally obtained. We affirm.

The two charges to which defendant pled guilty arose from two unrelated incidents: the 1977 burglary and theft of the home of Leonard Weiner, and the 1978 non-fatal stabbing...

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