People v. Cushon

HODGES, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review the court of appeals’ decision in People v. Cushon, 631 P.2d 1164 (Colo.App.1981), in which the trial court’s judgment denying the defendant’s Crim.P. 35(b) motion for post-conviction relief was reversed. A review of the record convinces us that the trial court was correct in denying the defendant’s 35(b) motion. We, therefore, reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

Defendant Cushon was charged with second-degree burglary and the felony theft of goods valued in excess of one hundred dollars. Pursuant to a plea bargain,…