WILLIAMSON v. JORDAN

No. 88SA445.

797 P.2d 744 (1990)

Robert WILLIAMSON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Ed JORDAN, Sheriff of Weld County, Colorado, and Colorado Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Genchi, Estes Park, for petitioner-appellee.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Terrance A. Gillespie, Asst. Atty. Gen., Human Resources, Denver, for respondents-appellants.


Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Ed Jordan, Sheriff of Weld County, and the Colorado Department of Corrections (the Department) appeal the judgment of the Weld County District Court granting a writ for habeas corpus requiring the Department to discharge Robert Williamson from custody. We have jurisdiction of this appeal pursuant to section 13-4-102(1)(e), 6A C.R.S. (1987). The Department contends that the trial court erred in discharging Williamson...

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