MENCHETTI v. WILSON

No. 78-1192.

597 P.2d 1054 (1979)

Mark James MENCHETTI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William WILSON, Superintendent, Colorado State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

July 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hawthorne & Meconi, P. C., Rocco F. Meconi, Canon City, for petitioner-appellant.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Patricia W. Robb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendant-appellee.


COYTE, Judge.

Petitioner filed this C.R.C.P. 106 action for relief in the nature of mandamus seeking to compel the superintendent of the Colorado State Penitentiary to alter the formula used for computing credit given for presentence confinement. The trial court held that the petitioner failed to prove that the method presently used by the superintendent is improper and therefore denied the petition. We affirm.

Petitioner was sentenced for a class 3 felony...

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