WAITS v. PEOPLE

No. 84SC391.

724 P.2d 1329 (1986)

Jimmy Lee WAITS, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman R. Mueller, Haddon, Morgan & Foreman, P.C., Denver, for petitioner.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., John Milton Hutchins, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Dolores S. Atencio, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent.

Norman S. Early, Jr., Dist. Atty., Second Judicial Dist., Brooke Wunnicke, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Donna Skinner Reed, Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, amicus curiae.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted certiorari in People v. Waits, 695 P.2d 1176 (Colo.App.1984), to consider three issues: (1) whether two guilty pleas entered by the defendant, Jimmy L. Waits, met the requirements of Crim.P. 11 and due process of law; (2) whether attempted felony murder is a valid offense, and if not, whether Waits's guilty plea to attempted felony murder extinguishes his due process right to be advised of the...

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