Melton v. People

James Harold Melton, Jr., to whom we will refer as the petitioner, filed in the above entitled cause a “Motion to Vacate Judgment and Sentence and to Declare the Same Null and Void.” He alleged in his motion, which was filed under the provisions of Rule 35 (b), Colo. R. Crim. P., that he was arrested “at the age of twelve years, and charged by way of Information with the crime of murder in the first degree.” He further alleged that he entered a plea of guilty and that the jury chosen to determine the degree of the crime found him guilty of second degree murder, and that he was sentenced to a…