Roberts v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Pringle.

The plaintiff in error, who will hereinafter be designated as Roberts, filed a motion in the trial court under Rule 35 (b), Colo. R. Crim. P., in which he sought to vacate a sentence of ninety-nine years to life which the court imposed upon him after he had pled guilty to the charge of murder in the second degree.

In his motion Roberts alleged with great particularity of detail that his plea of guilty was entered pursuant to a promise made to him by the district attorney in the presence of his own attorney and outside the presence of the court that if he…