People v. Martinez

Defendant, Rubel Martinez, was convicted on his plea of guilty of the offense of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, heroin, in violation of C.R.S. 1963, 48-5-2, 1 and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than five years. He claims that the trial court erred in failing to give him credit for 131 days of presentence confinement in the county jail. The record does not sustain his contention and we therefore affirm the judgment.

Defendant initially entered a plea of not guilty. He was permitted to withdraw his plea and to enter a plea of guilty on…