Legal Opinion
People v. Chavez
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided July 5, 2001No. 00CA1211PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge DAILEY.
Defendant, Ramon Ceja Chavez, appeals from the trial court order denying his Crim. P. 35(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence. We affirm and remand the case for correction of the mittimus.
In 1998, defendant pled guilty to possession of a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine) and was sentenced to six years in community corrections. Thereafter, this sentence was terminated, and defendant was ultimately resentenced to six years in the Department of Corrections (DOC), plus three years of mandatory parole.
Defendant filed a Crim. P. $5(a) motion to correct an illegal…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Jones v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- People v. LeskeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1998
- Craig v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
- United States v. Carl P. FogelCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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