Legal Opinion
People v. Ford
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided December 10, 2009No. 08CA1925PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BERNARD.
This appeal presents a question concerning the effect of a guilty plea. After he pled guilty, defendant, Arthur Lewis Ford, filed a postconviction motion alleging that the statute upon which his conviction was based violated his equal protection rights as applied to him. The trial court denied his motion, and he appealed.
We conclude that, based on the record before us, defendant’s guilty plea bars the as-applied equal protection challenge. Therefore, we dismiss his appeal.
I. Background
In December 2007, the prosecution charged defendant with identity theft, theft, and…
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