Dawson v. People

This is the second of two decisions in which we hold that a providency advisement *215must include both the possible incarceration sentence and the attendant mandatory parole, even if the parties to a plea agreement have stipulated to a sentence to probation or community corrections.1 In this case, Defendant Carlton Dawson (Dawson) seeks relief from a series of convictions and sentences entered by the Denver County District Court pursuant to negotiated plea agreements. Dawson argues that he received an inadequate Crim. P. 11 advisement in his provi-dency hearings. Thus, he claims his sentence…