People v. Riney, 25109
Citation | 489 P.2d 1304,176 Colo. 221 |
Decision Date | 01 November 1971 |
Docket Number | No. 25109,25109 |
Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis E. RINEY, Defendant-Appellant. |
Court | Supreme Court of Colorado |
Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard G. McManus, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.
Rollie R. Rogers, State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Thomas M. Van Cleave, III, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.
Defendant Riney was charged with the crime of robbery and pleaded guilty to a charge which contained an allegation that, in the vernacular, constituted the crime of 'aggravated' robbery. Thereafter, he filed a motion under Crim.P. 35(b). He alleged that he did not understand the nature of the charge when he pleaded guilty, and he testified at the evidentiary hearing that he did not know the difference between 'simple' robbery and 'aggravated' robbery, nor was he ever advised of the same. He testified further that he thought there was only one kind of robbery, and that had he known the difference he would have presented evidence that the gun he used was not loaded.
The attorney general confesses error, pointing out that the mandatory provisions of Crim.P. 11 were not carried out by the trial court at the time the defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery. We agree. The trial court in the present case failed to explain to the defendant the nature and elements of the charge of 'aggravated' robbery. Such an explanation and a determination by the trial judge that the accused understands the nature of the charge is required by Crim.P. 11 and the Constitution of the United States. Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274; People v. Randolph, Colo., 488 P.2d 203; Westendorf v. People, 171 Colo. 123, 464 P.2d 866. It is true that plea bargaining was present here, but we point out as applicable the cogent reasoning of former Chief Justice McWilliams in Westendorf, supra, where he stated:
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