Watkins v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review an unpublished decision of the court of appeals which affirmed the adjudication of the petitioner William Watkins (defendant) as an habitual criminal. The court of appeals held that the trial court properly denied the defendant’s motion to suppress two prior felony convictions which served as the predicate for the habitual criminal adjudication. We conclude that one of these convictions, a 1974 conviction for conspiracy to commit escape,1 was based upon a constitutionally infirm plea of guilty. We therefore reverse the judgment and remand the…
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2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Loper v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. RoybalSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
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- People v. MarquezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
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