Ward v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Groves.

This is a proceeding under Colo. R. Crim. P. 35(b). The district court denied the requested relief. We affirm.

The defendant (plaintiff in error here) was charged in eight counts with robbery, rape, unnatural carnal copulation, assault to murder, and conspiracy to commit each of such four crimes. An attorney was appointed to represent the defendant. This attorney had a wide experience in the defense of criminal actions, having appeared in 400 or 500 of such cases. The district attorney’s office agreed to dismiss the other seven charges in the event that the…