Legal Opinion

People v. Lesh

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided August 29, 1983No. 82SA316PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEIGHBORS, Justice.

The defendant appeals the judgment of conviction entered by the district court upon the jury’s verdict finding him guilty of driving after judgment prohibited, section 42-2-206, C.R.S.1973. The defendant urges two grounds for reversal: (1) the elemental instruction failed to include the requirement that the defendant had knowledge his driver’s license was revoked, and (2) the defendant’s plea of guilty to a charge of driving while ability impaired, a predicate for the order of revocation, was accepted by the trial court in violation of Crim.P. 11.

We reverse the defendant’s…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Mills v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  3. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. People v. RoybalSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  5. State v. TweedyNebraska Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Patton v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
  2. Metheny v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
  3. State v. McCallumCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1991
  4. State v. KeihnIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Zamarripa v. First Judicial District CourtNevada Supreme Court · 1987

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