Supreme Court of Colorado· 5/9/2011

SANCHEZ-MARTINEZ v. People

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250 P.3d 1248
2011 WL 1758784

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reversing denial of motion for postjudgment relief where illiterate defendant had been told to sign advisal of rights form even though it had not been read to him, he had difficulty hearing the interpreter, and he “had very little if any conception of what was happening”
“[T]o be constitutionally valid, a defendant must enter his guilty plea knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently.”
the defendant’s plea was unconstitutional despite his signature on “an advisal of rights form” and a Rule 11 colloquy at the providency hearing
the defendant’s plea was unconstitutional despite his signature on “an advisal of rights form” and a Rule 11 colloquy at the providency hearing
reviewing validity of guilty plea

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Judges: Hobbs, Coats, Rice, Eid

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