Legal Opinion

State v. Colyer

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided December 14, 1976No. 12115PublishedCited by 116 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALDSON, Justice.

On appeal from a conviction for assault with intent to commit murder, the defendant-appellant Michael Colyer seeks to have his judgment of conviction set aside on the ground that the trial court failed to comply with Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed. 2d 274 (1969), when accepting his plea of guilty. Because the record does not adequately show that appellant understood the consequences of a plea of guilty, we reverse the judgment of conviction.

Before accepting appellant’s plea of guilty, the trial court did not inform him of his right against…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by116 opinions

  1. State v. BallardOhio Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Hayes v. StateIdaho Court of Appeals · 2008
  3. State v. CarrascoIdaho Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Holmes v. StateIdaho Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. State v. WatsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1978

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