Craig v. People

Michael Craig initiated this appeal following the district court’s, denial of his Crim. P. 35(c) motion seeking relief from his plea-bargained sentence. We accepted transfer *957of the matter (along with a similar case)1 from the court of appeals in order to address the relationship among the plea agreement, the advisement, and the mandatory parole requirement set forth in section 18-1-105(l)(a)(V)(A), 6 C.R.S. (1998).

We hold that issues of mandatory parole can only render invalid a defendant’s waiver of constitutional rights associated with a plea of guilty in two discrete respects. First, if a…