Gallegos v. People

Opinion by

William S. Eakes, District Judge. *

Plaintiffs in Error were defendants in the trial court, were convicted by a jury of first degree murder on September 12, 1962, and were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Colorado State Penitentiary. Their convictions were reviewed on writ of error and affirmed by this court by written opinion announced July 6, 1965. Gallegos v. People, 157 Colo. 484, 403 P.2d 864. Thereafter, the defendants, under Colo. R. Crim. P. 35(b), petitioned the trial court to vacate the judgment and sentence, arguing that the constitutional rights of the defendants,…