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FIELDS v. SUTHERS

No. 98SA168.

984 P.2d 1167 (1999)

In re Paul FIELDS, Jr., Petitioner, v. John SUTHERS, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haddon, Morgan & Foreman, P.C., Norman R. Mueller, Ty Gee, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Barbara McDonnell, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. McLachlan, Solicitor General, John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Attorney General, Paul S. Sanzo, First Assistant Attorney General Civil Litigation Section, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.

Justice BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, Paul Fields, Jr., appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Bent County District Court. Fields was convicted of first-degree murder in 1982 and sentenced to life imprisonment. His petition alleges that, in calculating his parole eligibility date, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) illegally refuses to credit him with the 329 days that he spent in presentence...

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