People v. Edwards

Defendant-Appellant, John Arthur Edwards, was charged with aggravated robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and assault to murder. He entered a plea of guilty to the charge of aggravated robbery, and the remaining charges were dismissed. Edwards was then sentenced to the Colorado State Penitentiary for a term of not less than thirty nor more than fifty years. Some five years later he moved to vacate the sentence under Crim. P. 35(b), challenging the validity of his guilty plea. He asserted that the trial court failed to comply with the provisions of Crim. P. 11 in that he was never asked if…