PEOPLE v. CHIPPEWA

No. 85SC296.

751 P.2d 607 (1988)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Thomas CHIPPEWA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Norman S. Early, Jr., Dist. Atty., Nathan B. Coats, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for petitioner.

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Claire Levy, Jonathan S. Willett, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for respondent.


LOHR, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals in People v. Chippewa, 713 P.2d 1311 (Colo. App.1985), which held that the district court erred in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to attempted first-degree murder. The court of appeals held that the plea had not been entered knowingly and voluntarily as required by due process of law because the district...

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