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Changing Your Mind? – Trying To Withdraw From A Plea Bargain Before You Have Been Sentenced in Colorado
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer
Introduction
Attempting to withdraw a plea of guilty before the sentencing stage is a complex area of Colorado law. This article addresses that complexity and outlines some of the key issues that make the road to that withdrawal from the plea and subsequent restoration of a defendant’s trial rights, very difficult, if not impossible.