Blehm v. People

The defendant, Larry Eugene Blehm, unsuccessfully appealed his conviction of second degree burglary of a dwelling and his adjudication of habitual criminality to the court of appeals. In affirming the judgment, the court of appeals in People v. Blehm, 791 P.2d 1177 (Colo.App.1989), held that Blehm’s prior Colorado felony convictions based on pleas of guilty and nolo contendere could constitute valid predicates for an habitual criminal adjudication even though Blehm previously had been adjudicated insane in other criminal proceedings and had not been formally restored to sanity when the pleas…