PEOPLE v. COOPER

No. 82SA454.

662 P.2d 478 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Allen COOPER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Sol. Gen., Laura E. Udis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Enforcement Section, Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Jody Sorenson Theis, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


NEIGHBORS, Justice.

The defendant appeals the judgment of the trial court denying him good-time credits for the period of his presentence confinement. We reverse and remand with directions.

I.

The defendant was arrested on January 6, 1981, for a crime committed on that date. He was later charged with aggravated robbery, section 18-4-302(1)(a), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8), and a crime of violence for sentence enhancement purposes, section 16-11...

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