Legal Opinion

People v. Wade

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided November 18, 1985No. 83SA479PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

The People appeal the trial court’s pretrial order dismissing two counts of an information charging the defendant, Charles Wade, with several violations of the habitual criminal statute, § 16-13-101, 8 C.R.S. (1985 Supp.). 1 The trial court concluded that the guilty pleas underlying the relevant convictions were constitutionally infirm. We disapprove the order of dismissal.

On February 14,1983, the People filed an information alleging in counts five and six thereof that on March 23, 1982, the defendant entered pleas of guilty to two separate offenses of assault in the first…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Troy M. Stinson v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
  3. Watkins v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  4. People v. LeshSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  5. People v. MeyersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Patton v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
  2. Lacy v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
  3. People v. District Court, Arapahoe CountySupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  4. People v. HrapskiSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  5. People v. KylerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999

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