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PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 28422.

604 P.2d 679 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Henry JONES, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Q. Beacom, Dist. Atty., Marc P. Mishkin, Suzanne A. Schiro, Deputy Dist. Attys., Brighton, for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Terri L. Brake, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.

GROVES, Justice.

This is an appeal by the People from an order of the district court granting the defendant credit on his life imprisonment sentence for presentence confinement. We hold that the defendant is not entitled to sentencing credit for presentence confinement, and reverse.

In 1970 the defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and, in accordance with the jury verdict, sentenced to life imprisonment.1 Bail was fixed...

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