Legal Opinion
People v. Waits
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 1985No. 81CA1312PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERMAN, Judge.
Defendant, Jimmy Lee Waits, appeals the trial court’s denial of his Crim.P. 35(c) motion for post-conviction relief on the basis that his pleas of guilty to the charges of attempted first degree murder and second degree burglary were unconstitutionally obtained. We affirm.
The two charges to which defendant pled guilty arose from two unrelated incidents: the 1977 burglary and theft of the home of Leonard Weiner, and the 1978 non-fatal stabbing of Marvin Yoches, committed during the course of a nighttime burglary of the Yoches’ home. During pretrial proceedings, the trial court…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- People v. LilienthalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- People v. FosterNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- People v. ThomasSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- Gimmy v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Downer v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1988
- Waits v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- People v. RussellColorado Court of Appeals · 2001
- People v. PalmerColorado Court of Appeals · 1994
- United States v. Lester Eugene FowlerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
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