Legal Opinion
People v. Neuhaus
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided November 25, 2009No. 07CA0896PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge BERNARD.
This case involves a conditional guilty plea that allowed a defendant to preserve the right to appeal a trial court order denying a motion to suppress. We conclude that the issue whether conditional guilty pleas should be authorized has not been definitively answered by our supreme court.
As a result, we must decide, for the purposes of resolving this case, whether they are authorized. To resolve this issue, we first analyze the status of conditional guilty pleas throughout the United States. Our survey establishes that many states have statutes or rules authorizing…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. CrosbySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Menna v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Neuhaus v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2012
- People v. HoffmanColorado Court of Appeals · 2010
- People v. ButlerColorado Court of Appeals · 2010
- State v. RiceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2013
- People v. WilsonColorado Court of Appeals · 2010
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