Legal Opinion
People v. Hodge
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided October 30, 2008No. 06CA1936PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge WEBB.
Defendant, Blanch Cleveland Hodge, appeals the trial court’s order denying his most recent posteonviction motion seeking to withdraw his plea agreement. We vacate the order and remand for an evidentiary hearing, at which Hodge shall be appointed counsel.
I. Procedural Background
In 1999, Hodge pleaded guilty pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), to first degree burglary and third degree sexual assault. The trial court sentenced him to the Department of Corrections (DOC) for concurrent terms of thirty years and two years,…
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