People v. Freeman

The majority holds that the time spent by the defendant in Denver County jail between the time of issuance of the Jefferson County warrant and the time he was transferred to the Jefferson County jail cannot be credited against a sentence imposed for *882his conviction in Jefferson County. I respectfully dissent.

Section 16-11-306, 8 C.R.S. (1984 Supp.), provided in relevant part that “[a] person who is confined prior to the imposition of sentence is entitled to credit against the term of his sentence for the entire period of such confinement.” In Schubert v. People, 698 P.2d 788 (Colo.1985), we…