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PEOPLE v. BIRDSONG

No. 96SC828.

958 P.2d 1124 (1998)

The PEOPLE of The State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Douglas BIRDSONG, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Attorney General, Robert Mark Russel, First Assistant Attorney General, John J. Krause, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Enforcement Section, Denver, for Petitioner.

Law Office of Michael T. Kossen, Michael T. Kossen, Highlands Ranch, for Respondent.

Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This case raises the question of whether a guilty plea pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), requires additional advisement and findings prior to acceptance by the trial court, or whether the acceptance of such a plea constrains the court in later revocation of probation proceedings.1 Douglas Birdsong...

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