People v. Nelson, s. 25298
| Decision Date | 29 May 1973 |
| Docket Number | 25284,Nos. 25298,s. 25298 |
| Citation | 182 Colo. 1,510 P.2d 441 |
| Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Everett C. NELSON, Defendant-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George A. BLINCOE, Defendant-Appellant. |
| Court | Colorado Supreme Court |
Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Patricia W. Robb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiffs-appellees.
Rollie R. Rogers, State Public Defender, J. D. MacFarlane, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, T. Michael Dutton, Kenneth J. Russell, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for defendants-appellants.
Appellant Nelson pleaded guilty to one count of a three count information, the other two being dismissed as a result of a plea bargain. He was sentenced to a term which included at its long end the maximum permitted by statute. Appellant Blincoe was charged with aggravated robbery and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of simple robbery. He also received a sentence which included the maximum permitted by statute. Both appellants filed Crim.P. 35(b) motions, contending that they were entitled to credit for time spent in jail prior to conviction. Since the issues in both cases are essentially the same, we have consolidated them for purposes of this opinion.
We have in the past year decided several cases based on various fact situations dealing with credit to be allowed on sentences for time spent in jail prior to sentence. It is perhaps time that we collate the general principles of law laid down in those opinions. The principle which is at the foundation of all the cases is that there is no constitutional right to credit for time spent in jail before sentence. Prople v. Jones, Colo., 489 P.2d 596, 600; Johnson v. Beto, 383 F.2d 197 (5th Cir. 1967); Burns v. Crouse, 339 F.2d 883 (10th Cir. 1964). While we have recommended that trial courts follow Section 3.6 of the American Bar Association Standard of Criminal Justice relating to Sentencing Alternatives and Procedures, we have also cautioned that Section 3.6 yields to cases where disposition occurs as a result of a plea agreement.
It is true that we have required courts to resentence where they have stated that they will give credit for time spent in jail, but have failed to apply the credit on the maximum end of the sentence. Where, however, the sentencing judge states only that he is taking time spent into consideration and thereafter gives the...
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