Legal Opinion
People v. Leonard
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 29, 1983No. 82SA122PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
In this appeal the People challenge the dismissal of two counts of habitual criminality based on convictions resulting from guilty pleas which the district court found were entered without the defendant having understood the elements of the crimes to which he pled. Because we find that the pleas complied with the requirements of due process of law and Crim.P. 11, we disapprove the judgment of dismissal.
I
On March 13, 1981, a multi-count information was filed charging the defendant, Charles Thomas Leonard, with the following offenses allegedly committed on February 14,1981:…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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