McConnell v. People

This is a Colo. R. Crim. P. Rule 35 (b) case wherein Ronald McConnell, hereinafter called petitioner, seeks relief by writ of error from an order of the trial court which denied his “Motion to Vacate Judgment and Sentence with Leave to Withdraw a Plea of Guilty.”

The record discloses that petitioner was arrested August 17, 1962, and charged with “aggravated robbery.” On September 6, 1962, he entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. On January 7, 1963, on the advice of his counsel, he withdrew his two pleas and entered a plea of guilty as charged. On February 14, 1963,…