BARBER v. COOPER

No. 85SA211.

719 P.2d 1094 (1986)

Sidney D. BARBER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas COOPER, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, Public Defender, Thomas M. Van Cleave, III, Deputy Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner-appellant.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Marleen Langfield, Benjamin I. Sachs, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for respondent-appellee.


VOLLACK, Justice.

Petitioner Sidney D. Barber appeals from a denial of the relief sought by his petition for writ of habeas corpus and/or rule to show cause. The Fremont County District Court refused to give petitioner credit on his Colorado life sentence for time he served in a federal penitentiary. We affirm.

On June 28, 1971, petitioner was convicted in the El Paso County District Court of first degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Petitioner...

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