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BROWN v. BRITTAIN

No. 88SA150.

773 P.2d 570 (1989)

Dewaine Everett BROWN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Jim BRITTAIN, Superintendent, Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No Appearance for petitioner-appellee.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Marleen Langfield, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent-appellant.

VOLLACK, Justice.

The question in this case is whether a prisoner who was mistakenly released before serving a complete sentence is entitled to have credited against his sentence the time he subsequently served in another state for convictions unrelated to the original sentence. The Crowley County District Court held that Dewaine Everett Brown was entitled to credit against his Colorado sentence for time he served in Louisiana after he was mistakenly released. We...

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