Legal Opinion

People v. Gurule

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided July 30, 1987No. 85CA0762Published

1Opinion of the Court

CRISWELL, Judge.

Defendant, Ben Gurule, appeals from the order denying his Crim.P. 35(c) motion, by which he attacked the constitutionality of two prior burglary convictions based upon guilty pleas. At the time of the commission of the burglary for which he is presently incarcerated, defendant was on parole for those convictions and thus his sentence was enhanced. See § 18-l-105(9)(a)(II), C.R.S. (1986 Repl.Vol. 8B). He complains that his agreement not to challenge those two prior convictions should be set aside because it was made absent a knowing, voluntary, and intelligent waiver of his…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. People v. CorleySupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
  3. Geer v. AlanizSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
  4. Toland v. StrohlSupreme Court of Colorado · 1961
  5. People v. MarquezColorado Court of Appeals · 1981

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