1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.2d
  4. 734 P.2d
  5. 734 P.2d 616 (1987)
 

PEOPLE v. GREEN

Nos. 85SA279, 85SA305 and 85SA306.

734 P.2d 616 (1987)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Ledora GREEN, a/k/a Ledora Stewart, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Daniel R. GONZALES, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Clifton W. PAIGE, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., John Daniel Dailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender Barbara S. Blackman, Chief Appellate Deputy Defender, Denver, for defendants-appellees and cross-appellants.

QUINN, Chief Justice.

These consolidated appeals, filed by the People on a question of law, raise the issue of whether a district court may sentence an adult offender twenty-one years of age or older to the department of corrections for a misdemeanor conviction when the misdemeanor sentence is made expressly consecutive to a previously imposed sentence for a felony conviction.1 We conclude that Colorado's sentencing scheme does not authorize...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases