People v. Mason

This matter is here on appeal from a ruling of the Denver District Court refusing to vacate a plea of guilty which the defendant Hubert Mason, Jr. contends is invalid.

On November 1, 1968, Mason appeared for arraignment on a charge of so-called “aggravated” robbery. At "that time, the district attorney moved to amend the information to include a second count of “simple” robbery. Before' granting the district attorney’s motion, the trial court asked the defendant whether his retained counsel had explained the second count to him. The defendant replied in the affirmative. Thereafter, the…