KAZADI v. PEOPLE

No. 11SC264.

291 P.3d 16 (2012)

2012 CO 73

Yanick KAZADI, Petitioner v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Noble Law Firm, LLC, Antony M. Noble , Lakewood, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Emmy A. Langley , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.

Joseph Law Firm, P.C., Aaron C. Hall , Aurora, Colorado, Stern & Curray, LLC, Emily Assunta White , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae American Immigration Lawyers Association of Colorado.

The Meyer Law Office, P.C., Hans Meyer , Denver, Colorado, The University of Colorado Law School, Violeta R. Chapin , Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Criminal Defense Bar.


Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals in People v. Kazadi, 284 P.3d 70 (Colo.App. 2011).1 In this case we must determine whether a defendant who has pleaded guilty in return for a deferred judgment and sentence may seek postconviction review of his felony plea under Crim. P. 35(c). We agree with the...

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